diff --git a/src/requirements/postgres.txt b/src/requirements/postgres.txt
index 6ccfa4b1a5..deab58fa3f 100644
--- a/src/requirements/postgres.txt
+++ b/src/requirements/postgres.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-psycopg2
+psycopg2-binary
 
diff --git a/src/setup.py b/src/setup.py
index 3f40eda78f..918c7f5d20 100644
--- a/src/setup.py
+++ b/src/setup.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ setup(
         ],
         'memcached': ['pylibmc'],
         'mysql': ['mysqlclient'],
-        'postgres': ['psycopg2'],
+        'postgres': ['psycopg2-binary'],
     },
 
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests.*']),