diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index c66a738e..1e816468 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ v1.1.1 (UNRELEASED)
 
 Bug fix release.
 
+- Dependencies: Specify that we need Requests >= 2.0, not just any version.
+
 - Core: Make :meth:`mopidy.core.LibraryController.refresh` work for all
   backends with a library provider. Previously, it wrongly worked for all
   backends with a playlists provider. (Fixes: :issue:`1257`)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ba74179c..a353a932 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ setup(
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
         'Pykka >= 1.1',
-        'requests',
+        'requests >= 2.0',
         'setuptools',
         'tornado >= 2.3',
     ],