diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..782dfe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sphinx-rtd-theme==0.4.3
+sphinx==1.8.5
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a262e39..421b3e7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,3 @@ grpcio-tools>=1.21.1
 grpcio>=1.21.1
 protobuf>=3.7.0
 requests>=2.21.0
-sphinx-rtd-theme>=0.4.3
-sphinx>=1.8.5
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c4d7d1f..7c3bce1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 
 "Python DSL to leverage translation of dictionaries and SQLAlchemy into Protobuf objects"
 
-
 import ast
 import os
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 local_file = lambda *f: open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), *f)).read()
 
@@ -40,6 +39,10 @@ def read_test_requirements():
     return local_file('test_requirements.txt').splitlines()
 
 
+def read_dev_requirements():
+    return local_file('dev_requirements.txt').splitlines()
+
+
 def read_readme():
     """Read README content.
     If the README.rst file does not exist yet
@@ -58,6 +61,9 @@ def read_readme():
     description=read_version(),
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=read_requirements(),
+    extras_require={
+        'dev': read_dev_requirements()
+    },
     long_description=read_readme(),
     long_description_content_type='text/x-rst',
     name='mercator',