diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 05c12b8f2..15e4571ba 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -68,8 +68,23 @@ def _stamp_version(filename):
         print("WARNING: Couldn't find version line in file %s" % filename, file=sys.stderr)
 
 install_requires = ['gitdb >= 0.6.4']
-if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 7):
-    install_requires.append('ordereddict')
+extras_require = {
+    ':python_version == "2.6"': ['ordereddict'],
+}
+
+try:
+    if 'bdist_wheel' not in sys.argv:
+        for key, value in extras_require.items():
+            if key.startswith(':') and pkg_resources.evaluate_marker(key[1:]):
+                install_requires.extend(value)
+except Exception:
+    logging.getLogger(__name__).exception(
+        'Something went wrong calculating platform specific dependencies, so '
+        "you're getting them all!"
+    )
+    for key, value in extras_require.items():
+        if key.startswith(':'):
+            install_requires.extend(value)
 # end
 
 setup(