diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d5d3917..fad9bb6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+import sys
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import md5  # fix for "No module named _md5" error
 
 
+requirements = []
+if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
+    requirements.append('ordereddict')
+
+
 setup(name='expiringdict',
       version='1.0',
       description="Dictionary with auto-expiring values for caching purposes",
@@ -13,4 +19,5 @@
       packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests']),
       include_package_data=True,
       zip_safe=True,
+      install_requires=requirements,
       extras_require={'test': ['nose', 'mock', 'coverage']})
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 45715f2..5bb71f7 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,8 +11,3 @@ commands = nosetests
 deps =
     nose
     mock
-
-[testenv:py26]
-deps =
-    {[testenv]deps}
-    ordereddict