diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f76a9725..554d4a8b9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ Uvicorn currently supports HTTP/1.1 and WebSockets. Support for HTTP/2 is planne
 Install using `pip`:
 
 ```shell
-$ pip install uvicorn
+$ pip install uvicorn  # Install with minimal (pure Python) deps
+$ pip install uvicorn[standard]  # Install with fast deps (where possible)
 ```
 
 Create an application, in `example.py`:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0e0333e3e..2be375b82 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Minimal
 click
 h11
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e91fd3679..8ebf9c7e2 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 import os
 import re
-import sys
-import platform
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
@@ -40,9 +38,12 @@ def get_packages(package):
     " and platform_python_implementation != 'pypy'"
 )
 
-requirements = [
+minimal_requirements = [
     "click==7.*",
     "h11==0.8.*",
+]
+
+extra_requirements = [
     "websockets==8.*",
     "httptools==0.0.13 ;" + env_marker,
     "uvloop==0.14.0rc2 ;" + env_marker,
@@ -60,8 +61,9 @@ def get_packages(package):
     author='Tom Christie',
     author_email='tom@tomchristie.com',
     packages=get_packages('uvicorn'),
-    install_requires=requirements,
     data_files = [("", ["LICENSE.md"])],
+    install_requires=minimal_requirements,
+    extras_require={'standard': extra_requirements},
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
         'Environment :: Web Environment',