diff --git a/pkg/pip/setup_pip.py b/pkg/pip/setup_pip.py
index f1794609c..af06b4052 100644
--- a/pkg/pip/setup_pip.py
+++ b/pkg/pip/setup_pip.py
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ setup(
             "Flask-Script",
             "psycopg2==2.7.3.2",
             "pycrypto==2.6.1",
-            "python-dateutil==2.5.0"
+            "python-dateutil==2.5.0",
+            "SQLAlchemy==1.0.14"
         ],
         ":python_version<='2.7'": [
             "backports.csv", "importlib"
@@ -100,7 +101,8 @@ setup(
             "Flask-HTMLmin",
             "psycopg2>=2.7.3.2",
             "pycryptodome",
-            "python-dateutil>=2.7.1"
+            "python-dateutil>=2.7.1",
+            "SQLAlchemy>=1.2.5"
         ]
     },
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2b8f305f2..cab1c247c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ pytz==2018.3
 simplejson==3.13.2
 six>=1.11.0
 speaklater==1.3
-SQLAlchemy==1.2.5
 sqlparse==0.2.4
 WTForms==2.1
 Flask-Paranoid==0.2.0
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ psycopg2>=2.7.4;                python_version >= '2.7'
 pycryptodome;                   python_version >= '2.7'
 python-dateutil>=2.7.1;         python_version >= '2.7'
 Flask-HTMLmin==1.3.2;           python_version >= '2.7'
+SQLAlchemy>=1.2.5               python_version >= '2.7'
 
 ###############################################################
 # Modules specifically required for Python2.7 or lesser version
@@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ pycrypto==2.6.1;                python_version < '2.7'
 Flask-Script==2.0.5;            python_version < '2.7'
 ordereddict;                    python_version < '2.7'
 python-dateutil==2.5.0;         python_version < '2.7'
+SQLAlchemy==1.0.14;             python_version < '2.7'