diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 77c604c..4536ea5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 .*
+!.editorconfig
 !.gitignore
+!.travis.yml
 *.py[co]
 *~
 *.bak
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ae90a9d..58cd1d9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ matrix:
 
 cache: pip
 before_install:
-  - pip install -r test_requirements.txt
+  - rm -rf dist && python setup.py sdist # prep package distribution
 install:
-  - pip install -e . # install dependencies as specified in setup.py
+  - pip install dist/*.tar.gz # install dependencies as specified in setup.py
+  - pip install -r test_requirements.txt
 script:
   - pytest
 after_success:
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e705e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include *requirements.txt
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4114151..ef7c688 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ setup(
     url = 'https://github.com/emesik/monero-python/',
     long_description = open('README.rst', 'rb').read().decode('utf-8'),
     install_requires = open('requirements.txt', 'r').read().splitlines(),
-    tests_requires=open('test_requirements.txt', 'r').read().splitlines(),
+    tests_require=open('test_requirements.txt', 'r').read().splitlines(),
     setup_requires=[
         'pytest-runner',
     ],