diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+# generated from manifests external_dependencies
+boto3<=1.15.18
diff --git a/setup/storage_backend_s3/odoo/addons/storage_backend_s3 b/setup/storage_backend_s3/odoo/addons/storage_backend_s3
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+++ b/setup/storage_backend_s3/odoo/addons/storage_backend_s3
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+../../../../storage_backend_s3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup/storage_backend_s3/setup.py b/setup/storage_backend_s3/setup.py
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+import setuptools
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    setup_requires=['setuptools-odoo'],
+    odoo_addon=True,
+)