diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index cbe077b75..6c4d349d1 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ deps =
     logilab-common==1.1.0
     six==1.10.0
     vulture==0.8.1
+	requests==2.8.1
 commands =
     {envpython} scripts/link_pyqt.py --tox {envdir}
     {envpython} -m pylint scripts qutebrowser --rcfile=.pylintrc --output-format=colorized --reports=no --expected-line-ending-format=LF