diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 646382702dab0b482758fbe2f4d7985c37ef7dc8..c4f4cd07c600f55da87be9d034b7634bb63895ed 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ django-timezone-field==4.0
 djangorestframework==3.11.0
 django-simple-history==2.10.0
 django-registration-redux==2.8
+mysqlclient==1.4.6  # for production deployment
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