diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 0258319..a27f220 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -6,16 +6,8 @@ Prerequisites:
   # Runtime and build environments
   sudo apt install python3.7 python3.7-dev python3-pip
 
-  # Base NilmDB dependencies
-  sudo pip3 install cherrypy decorator simplejson requests
-  sudo pip3 install python-dateutil tz progressbar psutil
-  sudo pip3 install python-datetime-tz
-
-  # Other dependencies (required by some modules)
-  sudo pip3 install numpy
-
-  # Tools for running tests
-  sudo pip3 install nose coverage
+  # Install NilmDB dependencies
+  pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 
 Test:
   python3 setup.py nosetests
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a6aff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+CherryPy==18.1.2
+coverage==4.5.4
+decorator==4.4.0
+fallocate==1.6.4
+nose==1.3.7
+numpy==1.17.0
+progressbar==2.5
+psutil==5.6.3
+python-datetime-tz==0.5.4
+python-dateutil==2.8.0
+requests==2.22.0
+simplejson==3.16.0
+tz==0.2.2