diff --git a/providers/django.rb b/providers/django.rb
index bf66e59..cf5bbdc 100644
--- a/providers/django.rb
+++ b/providers/django.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
   if new_resource.requirements
     Chef::Log.info("Installing using requirements file: #{new_resource.requirements}")
     pip_cmd = ::File.join(new_resource.virtualenv, 'bin', 'pip')
-    execute "#{pip_cmd} install --source=#{Dir.tmpdir} -r #{new_resource.requirements}" do
+    pip_arguments = new_resource.pip_arguments.is_a?(String) ? new_resource.pip_arguments : ""
+    execute "#{pip_cmd} install --source=#{Dir.tmpdir} -r #{new_resource.requirements} #{pip_arguments}" do
       cwd new_resource.release_path
       # seems that if we don't set the HOME env var pip tries to log to /root/.pip, which fails due to permissions
       # setting HOME also enables us to control pip behavior on per-project basis by dropping off a pip.conf file there
diff --git a/resources/django.rb b/resources/django.rb
index 7282df5..d9e4f2e 100644
--- a/resources/django.rb
+++ b/resources/django.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 attribute :local_settings_file, :kind_of => String, :default => 'local_settings.py'
 attribute :debug, :kind_of => [TrueClass, FalseClass], :default => false
 attribute :collectstatic, :kind_of => [TrueClass, FalseClass, String], :default => false
+attribute :pip_arguments, :kind_of => [NilClass, String], :default => nil
 
 def local_settings_base
   local_settings_file.split(/[\\\/]/).last