diff --git a/doc/manual/installing.rst b/doc/manual/installing.rst
index f51b99bd4..1d6c70f2a 100644
--- a/doc/manual/installing.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/installing.rst
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Xubuntu 14.04 specific instructions
 
 This command installs all the required packages: ::
 
-    $ sudo apt-get install build-essential autotools-dev file git patch perl xutils-devs python3-pip texinfo flex bison libmpc-dev python3-setuptools python3-numpy python3-scipy python3-sphinx python3-dev python-dev subversion cmake libusb-dev libftdi-dev pkg-config
+    $ sudo apt-get install build-essential autotools-dev file git patch perl xutils-devs python3-pip texinfo flex bison libmpc-dev python3-serial python3-prettytable python3-setuptools python3-numpy python3-scipy python3-sphinx python3-dev python-dev subversion cmake libusb-dev libftdi-dev pkg-config
 
 Note that ARTIQ requires Python 3.4 or above.
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 16a252225..1758c866c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ setup(
     long_description = open("README.rst").read(),
     license = "BSD",
     install_requires = [
-        "sphinx", "numpy", "scipy", "prettytable"
+        "sphinx", "pyserial", "numpy", "scipy", "prettytable"
     ],
     extras_require = {},
     dependency_links = [],