2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c7d474a5..31276c18f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 .coverage
 env26
 env24
-
+build/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b8330013e..0b03851b3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ try:
 except IOError:
     README = CHANGES = ''
 
+setup_requires = ['setuptools-git']
+
 install_requires=[
     'Chameleon >= 1.2.3',
     'Mako',
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ setup(name='pyramid',
       include_package_data=True,
       zip_safe=False,
       install_requires = install_requires,
+      setup_requires = setup_requires,
       tests_require = tests_require,
       test_suite="pyramid.tests",
       entry_points = """\