diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 95880338..d4cfd69b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ python:
 
 install:
   - pip install --upgrade pip
-  - pip install "pytest>=3.6"
-  - pip install codecov pytest-cov pytest-asyncio pylint
+  - pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
   - python setup.py develop
 
 script:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c052c922..5f9b3d81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ py-libp2p requires Python 3.6 and the best way to guarantee a clean Python 3.6 e
 ```sh
 virtualenv -p python3.6 venv
 . venv/bin/activate
-pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+pip3 install -r requirements_dev.txt
+python setup.py develop
 ```
 
 ## Testing
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9dd12567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pytest>=3.6
+codecov
+pytest-cov
+pytest-asyncio
+pylint