diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 65108e2..9f1be9a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@ __pycache__/
 **/.DS_Store
 
 # tmp
-~*
\ No newline at end of file
+~*
+
+# pretrained_models
+pretrained_models/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bebc96f..78fd9e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ python -m pip install torch torchvision torchaudio
 python -m pip install -e segment_anything
 python -m pip install -r lama/requirements.txt 
 ```
+On Windows system, we recommend to first install [miniconda](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html) and 
+open `Anaconda Powershell Prompt (miniconda3)` as administrator.
+Then pip install [./lama_requirements_windows.txt](lama_requirements_windows.txt) instead of 
+[./lama/requirements.txt](lama%2Frequirements.txt).
 
 ### Usage
 Download the model checkpoints provided in [segment_anything](./segment_anything/README.md) 
diff --git a/lama_requirements_windows.txt b/lama_requirements_windows.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bcef6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lama_requirements_windows.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+pyyaml
+tqdm
+numpy
+easydict==1.9.0
+scikit-image
+scikit-learn
+opencv-python
+tensorflow
+joblib
+matplotlib
+pandas
+albumentations==0.5.2
+hydra-core==1.1.0
+pytorch-lightning==1.2.9
+tabulate
+kornia==0.5.0
+webdataset
+packaging
+wldhx.yadisk-direct