diff --git a/apps/util/requirements/compile.sh b/apps/util/requirements/compile.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..775602c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/util/requirements/compile.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+which pyreq-merge &> /dev/null
+if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
+	>&2 echo pyreq-merge missing, please install requirements
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+in=$(mktemp)
+out=$(mktemp)
+>&2 echo using tmp $t
+cat ../../requirements.txt > $out
+
+repos=(../../cic-cache ../../cic-eth ../../cic-ussd ../../data-seeding ../../cic-notify)
+
+
+for r in ${repos[@]}; do
+	f="$r/requirements.txt"
+	>&2 echo updating $f
+	pyreq-merge $f $out -vv > $in
+	cp $in $out
+
+	f="$r/test_requirements.txt"
+	if [ -f $f ]; then
+		>&2 echo updating $f
+		pyreq-merge $f $out -vv > $in
+		cp $in $out
+	fi
+done
+cp -v $out compiled_requirements.txt
+
+outd=$(mktemp -d)
+for r in ${repos[@]}; do
+	f="$r/requirements.txt"
+	b=$(basename $f)
+	d=$(basename $r)
+	echo output to $outd/$d/$b
+	mkdir -vp $outd/$d
+	pyreq-update -v $f compiled_requirements.txt > $outd/$d/$b
+done
diff --git a/apps/util/requirements/requirements.txt b/apps/util/requirements/requirements.txt
index c5b56441..bfa3e14d 100644
--- a/apps/util/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/util/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-requirements-magic~=0.0.2
+requirements-magic~=0.0.3a1