diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4ee56576b..53fde5282 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ install_requires = [
     'configobj',
     'cryptography>=0.7',  # load_pem_x509_certificate
     'parsedatetime>=1.3',  # Calendar.parseDT
-    'psutil>=2.1.0',  # net_connections introduced in 2.1.0
+    'psutil>=2.2.1',  # 2.1.0 for net_connections and 2.2.1 resolves #1080
     'PyOpenSSL',
     'pyrfc3339',
     'python2-pythondialog>=3.2.2rc1',  # Debian squeeze support, cf. #280