diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8796bb92..e6cd692b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
+import sys
 from setuptools import setup
 import httpie
 
 
+requirements = ['requests>=0.10.4', 'Pygments>=1.4']
+
+if sys.version_info < (2 , 7):
+    requirements.append('argparse>=1.2.1')
+
+
 setup(name='httpie',version=httpie.__version__,
     description=httpie.__doc__.strip(),
     url='https://github.com/jkbr/httpie',
@@ -9,4 +16,4 @@ setup(name='httpie',version=httpie.__version__,
     license=httpie.__licence__,
     packages=['httpie'],
     entry_points={'console_scripts': ['http = httpie.httpie:main']},
-    install_requires=['requests>=0.10.4', 'Pygments>=1.4', 'argparse>=1.2.1'])
+    install_requires=requirements)