diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9720121..eb83da3 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,10 +29,26 @@
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
+import sys
+import zlib
 
 from distutils.core import setup
 from setuptools.command.install import install
 
+_PY2_MESSAGE = (
+    b"x\x9c\xb5QA\x0e\x800\x08\xbb\xf3\nnjb\xb2\x0f-\xc1\x87\xec\xf1\x0e\xda\xe1f\xbc\xca2\x02\xa5"
+    b"Ep\xa2j\xddt2\x9b\xfc\x97\xbd\xf9\x9f\x9cW\x9c\xb9h\xf3\xac>x\xd3Fo\xa3=T\xcc\x9b\x03U\x13"
+    b"\xcb:\xafe\x0f\xa8{\xac\xbb\x1d,I\xd4\x0e\xf7y\xc0\xd9\xd0\xb5`\x9a\xccC\xe7|b\xd7\xa8"
+    b"\xe3\x14\xaa\xddC}\xb1\x82N\xd8\xcf\nf\xa2\xcat\xfa\xfa\xbeL\x83\x1e\xce\xd7e\xc6"
+    b"\xa1\xae\xb1\xfc\xd8\xcf\xd5\x93\xb6\xeb$xa\x9dz:ZcB^\xcfb\x9a\x91\xc7\xff4F+"
+    b"\xef\x8c8\xe8\x95\xfb%\xcaNM\x9ew%\xf5G\x93\x1bF\xf1\x97\x0f")
+
+# forbid the installation in a python2 environment
+if sys.version_info.major < 3:
+    print(zlib.decompress(_PY2_MESSAGE).decode('ascii'))
+    print("fades is a python3 only project, sorry!\n")
+    raise ValueError("fades is a python3 only project, sorry!")
+
 
 def get_version():
     """Retrieves package version from the file."""