diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e5b81496c..34dc6eea7 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 include LICENSE
-include requirements/base.txt
-include requirements/dev.txt
+include requirements/*
 recursive-include aws_lambda_builders/workflows *
 prune tests
 
diff --git a/requirements/python_pip.txt b/requirements/python_pip.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0958467c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/python_pip.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+# Following packages are required by `python_pip` workflow to run.
+# TODO: Consider moving this dependency directly into the `python_pip` workflow module
+setuptools
+wheel
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5824183b4..002325d8a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def read_version():
             '{}=aws_lambda_builders.__main__:main'.format(cmd_name)
         ]
     },
-    install_requires=read_requirements('base.txt'),
+    install_requires=read_requirements('base.txt') + read_requirements("python_pip.txt"),
     extras_require={
         'dev': read_requirements('dev.txt')
     },