diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0006059..d1de918 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import re
+import sys
 from setuptools import setup
 from io import open
 
@@ -9,6 +10,12 @@
 # PyPI can't process links with anchors
 long_description = re.sub(r'<(.*)#.*>`_', '<\g<1>>`_', long_description)
 
+if sys.version_info >= (2,7):
+    requests_install_requires = 'requests >=2.9.1'
+else:
+    # Requests 2.20.0+ doesn't support Python 2.6
+    requests_install_requires = 'requests >=2.9.1, <2.20.0'
+
 
 setup(
     name = 'cloudpayments',
@@ -32,7 +39,7 @@
     ],
 
     install_requires = [
-        'requests >=2.9.1',
+        requests_install_requires,
         'pytz >=2015.7'
     ],