diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a023f9..c6c6da2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ Required python libraries:
 * Astropy (coordinate units, WCS)
 * Scipy
 
+To install the project requirements, run the following command:
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
 The code runs in both Python 2 (checked on 2.7.10) and Python 3 (checked on
 3.4.3). Astropy supports a range of coordinate specifications in the
 configuration file.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b889576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+numpy
+matplotlib
+healpy
+astropy
+scipy