diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fe01a30..982016a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ To make this script work, you need to do two things on the Pi:
 
   1. Copy the `config.example.yml` file to a file named `config.yml`, and modify it with the email credentials for the account to be monitored.
   2. Make sure Pip is installed: `sudo apt install -y python3-pip`
-  3. Run `python3 -m pip install imapclient pyyaml` to install required dependencies.
+  3. Run `pip3 install -r requirements.txt` to install required dependencies.
 
 Then run `./email_check.py`, and prepare to be amazed! Or not, especially if it doesn't work.
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01b6255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+imapclient
+pyyaml >= 5.1