diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 78a5378cdf..cb470e04e3 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ REQUIRES = [
     'colorlog>=3.1.2',
     'tornado>=5.0.0',
     'esptool>=2.3.1',
-    'typing>=3.0.0',
+    'typing>=3.0.0;python_version<"3.5"',
     'protobuf>=3.4',
     'tzlocal>=1.4',
 ]