diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 077fe24f..78255d32 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@
 
 # our async client for ``marketstore`` (the tsdb)
 -e git+https://github.com/pikers/anyio-marketstore.git@master#egg=anyio-marketstore
+
+
+# ``trimeter`` for asysnc history fetching
+-e git+https://github.com/python-trio/trimeter.git@master#egg=trimeter
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 71b27d48..17456003 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,10 +51,13 @@ setup(
         # async
         'trio',
         'trio-websocket',
-        # 'tractor',  # from github currently
         'msgspec',  # performant IPC messaging
         'async_generator',
 
+        # from github currently (see requirements.txt)
+        # 'trimeter',  # not released yet..
+        # 'tractor',
+
         # brokers
         'asks==2.4.8',
         'ib_insync',