diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce7f81b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pyramid
+waitress
+transaction
+zope.sqlalchemy
+SQLAlchemy
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d5f70709..1b25967c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-README = open(os.path.join(here, 'README.txt')).read()
-CHANGES = open(os.path.join(here, 'CHANGES.txt')).read()
+with open(os.path.join(here, 'README.txt')) as f:
+    README = f.read()
+with open(os.path.join(here, 'CHANGES.txt')) as f:
+    CHANGES = f.read()
 
 requires = [
     'pyramid',