diff --git a/deploy/pip_packages.txt b/deploy/pip_packages.txt
index a60a7395f86c0f8461f722d391af818389c5855e..dbcc9888484478f34b8a3c2b68cffb32fb6009a1 100644
--- a/deploy/pip_packages.txt
+++ b/deploy/pip_packages.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ Django==1.8.2
 pytz==2015.4
 MySQL-python==1.2.5
 
+# API
+djangorestframework
+
 # testing
 
 pytest-django==2.8.0