diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9859360e0..0203f2993 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 kwargs['install_requires'] = [ 'six', 'isodate', 'pyparsing']
 kwargs['tests_require'] = ['html5lib', 'networkx']
 kwargs['test_suite'] = "nose.collector"
-kwargs['extras_require'] = {'html': ['html5lib']}
+kwargs['extras_require'] = {'html': ['html5lib'], 'sparql': ['requests']}
 
 def find_version(filename):
     _version_re = re.compile(r'__version__ = "(.*)"')