diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 50d12e5640..92a2d48e04 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def make_blocking(fd):
 where_am_i = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
 # Handle requirements
-DIST_REQUIREMENTS = open(os.path.join(where_am_i, 'requirements.txt'), 'r').read().split("\n")
+RAW_REQUIREMENTS = open(os.path.join(where_am_i, 'requirements.txt'), 'r').read().split("\n")
 
 
 def filter_requirement_statements(req):
@@ -71,8 +71,21 @@ def filter_requirement_statements(req):
 
 
 # Filter out comments from requirements
-DIST_REQUIREMENTS = map(filter_requirement_statements, DIST_REQUIREMENTS)
-DIST_REQUIREMENTS = filter(lambda x: bool(x), DIST_REQUIREMENTS)
+RAW_REQUIREMENTS = map(filter_requirement_statements, RAW_REQUIREMENTS)
+RAW_REQUIREMENTS = filter(lambda x: bool(x), RAW_REQUIREMENTS)
+
+# Special parser for http://blah#egg=asdasd-1.2.3
+DIST_REQUIREMENTS = []
+DEPENDENCY_LINKS = []
+for req in RAW_REQUIREMENTS:
+    if req.startswith("https://"):
+        DEPENDENCY_LINKS.append(req)
+        __, req = req.split("#egg=")
+        dashed_components = req.split("-")
+        version = dashed_components[-1]
+        req_name = "-".join(dashed_components[:-1])
+        req = "{req:s}=={version:s}".format(req=req_name, version=version)
+    DIST_REQUIREMENTS.append(req)
 
 # Requirements if doing a build with --static
 STATIC_REQUIREMENTS = []
@@ -310,13 +323,17 @@ def install_distributions(distributions):
         opts.ignore_dependencies = True
         opts.use_wheel = False
         opts.no_clean = False
+        # Hotfix for the one single tastypie dependency link. Not nice.
+        # To be removed as soon as an upstream tastypie fixes our
+        # Django 1.5 issue
+        opts.process_dependency_links = True
         command.run(opts, distributions)
         # requirement_set.source_dir = STATIC_DIST_PACKAGES_TEMP
         # requirement_set.install(opts)
 
     # Install requirements into dist-packages
     if DIST_BUILDING_COMMAND:
-        install_distributions(STATIC_REQUIREMENTS)
+        install_distributions(RAW_REQUIREMENTS)
 
     # Empty the requirements.txt file