diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c5eae78..c2649ea 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+MySQL-python
 Django==1.2.4
 django-piston==0.2.2
 django-registration==0.7
diff --git a/setup-env.sh b/setup-env.sh
index ab3fe1f..1939d8b 100755
--- a/setup-env.sh
+++ b/setup-env.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 rm -rf ./env
-virtualenv --distribute env
+virtualenv --distribute --no-site-packages env
 . ./env/bin/activate
 pip install -r requirements.txt