diff --git a/README.development b/README.development
index 2cce0994b..8f257c375 100644
--- a/README.development
+++ b/README.development
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ To start, make sure you have the following installed:
 
 If the distro you are using has PyQt5 installed, make sure you have the PyQt5
 WebEngine module and development tools (eg pyqt5-dev-tools) installed as well.
+Otherwise, run:
+
+$ pip install -r requirements.qt
 
 Then to run the development version:
 
diff --git a/requirements.qt b/requirements.qt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06f53323b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.qt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pyqt5
+pyqtwebengine
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a8e2232cc..3dd8678ba 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,3 @@ jsonschema
 psutil; sys_platform == "win32"
 distro; sys_platform != "win32" and sys_platform != "darwin"
 typing
-pyqt5
-pyqtwebengine