diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e0cbad55..aefd8a4a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-requests[socks]>=2.18
+requests[socks, use_chardet_on_py3]>=2.18
 homebase>=1.0.0
 python-dateutil>=2.7
 click>=7
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f28251fb..70c5c727 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 python_requires = '>=3.6'
 
 # Package requirements, minimal pinning
-install_requires = ['requests[socks]>=2.18', 'homebase>=1.0',
+install_requires = ['requests[socks, use_chardet_on_py3]>=2.18',
+                    'homebase>=1.0',
                     'click>=7.0', 'python-dateutil>=2.7', 'plucky>=0.4.3']
 
 # Package extras requirements