diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6af0562..787dd37 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if sys.argv[-1] == 'publish':
 
 packages = ['colout']
 
-requires = ['argparse', 'pygments', 'babel']
+requires = ['argparse; python_version < "2.7"', 'pygments', 'babel']
 
 setup(
     name='colout',