diff --git a/r2/setup.py b/r2/setup.py
index 81565fa77..12699b613 100644
--- a/r2/setup.py
+++ b/r2/setup.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ setup(
     dependency_links=[
         "https://github.com/downloads/reddit/pylibmc/pylibmc-1.2.1-dev.tar.gz#egg=pylibmc-1.2.1-dev",
         "https://nodeload.github.com/reddit/snudown/tarball/v1.0.4#egg=snudown-1.0.4",
+        "https://nodeload.github.com/reddit/pycassa/zipball/master#egg=pycassa-1.7.0",
     ],
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["ez_setup"]),
     cmdclass=commands,