diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fc8971cd..f912d19c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ setup(
     install_requires=[
         "requests >= 2.4",
         "dnspython >= 2.0",
-        "beautifulsoup4",
+        "beautifulsoup4 >= 4.8.1",
         "pyxdg",
     ],
     # Commented out since they are untested and not officially supported.