diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f7ba0a0bd38cb1976a65c7d0cff39d2179e29dd7..a165cc8162f8a996564b97692d00c301e5c9fa03 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ setup(
     ],
     keywords="nagios mysql slave replication monitoring",
     packages=find_packages(),
-    install_requires=["MySQL-python"],
+    install_requires=["mysqlclient"],
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": ["check_mysql_slave=check_mysql_slave:main"],
     },