diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a52f8299d99834946b4700113138dff4f202113c..e63c2c5cd82b06186faa422e92464aaee18c2da4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -208,12 +208,15 @@ def main():
 
             install_requires=[
                 "pytools>=2011.2",
-                "pytest>=2",
                 "decorator>=3.2.0",
                 "appdirs>=1.4.0",
                 "mako",
                 ],
 
+            test_requires=[
+                "pytest>=2",
+                ],
+
             ext_package="pycuda",
             ext_modules=[
                 ExtensionUsingNumpy("_driver",