diff --git a/docs/pypi_upload.md b/docs/pypi_upload.md
index 1028735..b0d99db 100644
--- a/docs/pypi_upload.md
+++ b/docs/pypi_upload.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Putting up a new version
 ------------------------
 
 1. Check code is up-to-date with github version
-2. Check all tests good (py.test)
+2. Check all tests good (python setup.py test; py.test)
 3. Check branches as expected (git branch -a)
 4. Check version number if set correctly (more resync/_version.py)
 5. Check local build and version reported OK (python setup.py install; resync --version)
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ If all checks out OK, tag and push the new version:
     ```
     git tag -n1
     #...current tags
-    git tag -a -m "ResourceSync v0.6 specification, add --paths" v0.6.2
+    git tag -a -m "ResourceSync v0.9 specification, add --paths" v0.9.3
     git push --tags
 
     python setup.py sdist upload
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b934a26..45e9bb1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
+# setuptools used instead of distutils.core so that 
+# dependencies can be handled automatically
 
-# Extract version number from resync/_version.py. Here we are very strict
-# about the format of the version string as an extra sanity check.
-# (thanks for comments in 
+# Extract version number from resync/_version.py. Here we 
+# are very strict about the format of the version string 
+# as an extra sanity check. (Thanks for comments in 
 # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/458550/standard-way-to-embed-version-into-python-package )
 import re
 VERSIONFILE="resync/_version.py"
@@ -33,4 +35,9 @@ setup(
     description='ResourceSync library and client',
     long_description=open('README').read(),
     url='http://github.com/resync/resync',
+    install_requires=[
+        "requests",
+        "python-dateutil>=1.5"
+    ],
+    test_suite="resync.test",
 )