diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c866121..f929d67 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ Additional features are:
     $ . .venv/bin/activate
 
     # install wheel:
-    (.venv)$ pip install wheel
-
-    # install gunicorn & flask:
-    (.venv)$ pip install flask
+    (.venv)$ python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 
     # rejoice!
     ```
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78bef69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+flask
+sentry-sdk[flask]