diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f5e106bb3b..4f7e1f1cc2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 pyyaml
 
 # Support for setting thread/process name
-prctl
+python-prctl
 
 # Apache Kafka backend support
 kafka-python
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 76ea0323b1..f595224ae7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ setup(
         'pyyaml',
         'redis',
         'requests',
-        'prctl',
+        'python-prctl',
     ],
     extras_require = {
         'Support for Apache Kafka backend': ['kafka-python'],