diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 77211e442..58e177262 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def finalize_options(self):
     author="The Contributors of the Python.NET Project",
     author_email="pythonnet@python.org",
     packages=["pythonnet", "pythonnet.find_libpython"],
-    install_requires=["clr_loader"],
+    install_requires=["clr_loader >= 0.1.7"],
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
     py_modules=["clr"],