diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 22f6fa0..269646a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ setup(
         'websocket-client',
         'pyxdg',
         'requests',
-        'python-pidfile',
+        'python-pidfile>=3.0.0',
         'pillow',
     ],
     entry_points={