diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a43f0337..7287f455 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
   - preventing AUR's installed packages from not being mapped in cases the communication with the API fails
   - code refactoring (String formatting method)
 
+- Setup
+  - able to install bauh with python/pip without enforcing requirements through the environment variable `BAUH_SETUP_NO_REQS=1`
+
 ### Fixes
 - Arch
   - silent crash when handling and displaying transaction sub-status
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6b6302d4..920927b9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ URL = "https://github.com/vinifmor/" + NAME
 
 file_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
-with open(file_dir + '/requirements.txt', 'r') as f:
-    requirements = [line.strip() for line in f.readlines() if line]
+if os.getenv('BAUH_SETUP_NO_REQS'):
+    requirements = []
+else:
+    with open(f'{file_dir}/requirements.txt', 'r') as f:
+        requirements = [line.strip() for line in f.readlines() if line]
 
 
 with open(file_dir + '/{}/__init__.py'.format(NAME), 'r') as f: