 <p>This worked for me:</p> <ol> <li>Generate a <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-access-token-for-command-line-use/" rel="nofollow">Github Access Token</a></li> <li><p>In requirements.txt list private module as follows:</p> <pre><code>git+https://your_user_name:your_git_token@github.com/your_company/your_module.git </code></pre></li> </ol>