diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e0aeaccb..77c52f0b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@
     install_requires = [
         "future",
         "backports.csv",
-        "mysqlclient",
         "beautifulsoup4",
         "lxml",
         "feedparser",
@@ -136,5 +135,8 @@
         "python-docx",
         "cherrypy"
     ],
+    extra_requires = {
+        'mysql': ["mysqlclient"],
+    },
     zip_safe = False
 )