diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 94bf8860ad1..5f618de7bba 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "require": {
+    "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "3.7.*",
         "phpunit/dbUnit": "1.2.*"
     }
diff --git a/lib/phpunit/readme.md b/lib/phpunit/readme.md
index 132c4dbf054..0bf70c47442 100644
--- a/lib/phpunit/readme.md
+++ b/lib/phpunit/readme.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Composer is a new dependency manager for PHP projects.
 It installs PHP libraries into /vendor/ subdirectory inside your moodle dirroot.
 
 1. install Composer - http://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md
-2. go to your moodle dirroot and execute `php composer.phar install`
+2. go to your moodle dirroot and execute `php composer.phar install --dev`
 
 
 PEAR installation (not recommended)