diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 57cbbe0..0ec6d2a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ jobs:
             git clone https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging.git
             cd securedrop-debian-packaging
             make install-deps && make fetch-wheels
+            PKG_DIR=~/project make requirements
 
       - run:
           name: Tag and make source tarball