diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7c9e54ed3..da80d0ed9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 install_requires = [
     "prettytable<1",
     "ipython>=1.0",
-    "sqlalchemy>=0.6.7",
+    "sqlalchemy>=0.6.7,<2.0",
     "sqlparse",
     "six",
     "ipython-genutils>=0.1.0",