diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 160cdde..5bb5826 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ services: docker
 
 script:
   - docker build -f ./python36/Dockerfile . | tee build_log.txt
-  - export IMAGE_ID=`grep "Successfully built" build_log.txt | grep -v "msgpack" | cut -f 3 -d " "`
+  - export IMAGE_ID=`grep "Successfully built" build_log.txt | grep -v "lmdb" | cut -f 3 -d " "`
   - docker run --rm $IMAGE_ID python -c "import msgpack; print(msgpack)"
   - docker run --rm $IMAGE_ID python -c "import tornado; print(tornado)"
   - docker run --rm $IMAGE_ID python -c "import psycopg2; print(psycopg2)"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ script:
   - docker run --rm $IMAGE_ID python -m pip freeze
   - python test/rewrite_dockerfile.py
   - docker build -f test/Dockerfile ./test | tee test_build_log.txt
-  - export TEST_IMAGE_ID=`grep "Successfully built" test_build_log.txt | grep -v "msgpack" | cut -f 3 -d " "`
+  - export TEST_IMAGE_ID=`grep "Successfully built" test_build_log.txt | grep -v "lmdb" | cut -f 3 -d " "`
   - echo "Running tests from ${TEST_IMAGE_ID}"
   - docker-compose -f ./test/docker-compose.yml up -d
   - docker run --rm --network host -e "SYN_TEST_PG_DB=postgres:hehe@localhost:5432/syn_test" ${TEST_IMAGE_ID} 2>&1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1b4a865..670a406 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Required packages for synapse
 tornado==4.5.3
 pyOpenSSL==17.5.0
-msgpack-python==0.4.8
+msgpack==0.5.0
 xxhash==1.0.1
 lmdb==0.93
 regex==2017.12.12
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ pytest-cov==2.5.1
 pytest-xdist==1.21.0
 # Legacy test packages - nose is included but no longer used by Synapse.
 nose==1.3.7
+# Support packages for other users
+wheel==0.30.0
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