diff --git a/Sming/Components/IFS b/Sming/Components/IFS
index 778a4a973f..cd16dc51c4 160000
--- a/Sming/Components/IFS
+++ b/Sming/Components/IFS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 778a4a973ff5fa2eb091db653f66f2d41f737e59
+Subproject commit cd16dc51c49fc792e1ae92f96ab2d8eb74873538
diff --git a/Sming/Components/Storage/Tools/hwconfig/config.py b/Sming/Components/Storage/Tools/hwconfig/config.py
index 9e4e8101c6..e0b373ec70 100644
--- a/Sming/Components/Storage/Tools/hwconfig/config.py
+++ b/Sming/Components/Storage/Tools/hwconfig/config.py
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@
 import os, partition, storage
 from common import *
 from builtins import classmethod
-from rjsmin import jsmin
+
+try:
+    from rjsmin import jsmin
+except ImportError as err:
+    sys.stderr.write("\n** %s: please run `make python-requirements` **\n\n" % str(err))
+    sys.exit(1)
+
 
 def findConfig(name):
     dirs = os.environ['HWCONFIG_DIRS'].split(' ')
diff --git a/Sming/Components/Storage/requirements.txt b/Sming/Components/Storage/requirements.txt
index bcc6ba09ac..d89304b1a8 100644
--- a/Sming/Components/Storage/requirements.txt
+++ b/Sming/Components/Storage/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 jsonschema
-rjsmin
diff --git a/Sming/Makefile b/Sming/Makefile
index c058d057e6..a64374e5ca 100644
--- a/Sming/Makefile
+++ b/Sming/Makefile
@@ -175,6 +175,14 @@ $(CLEAN_TESTS):
 
 ##@Tools
 
+CACHE_VARS += PIP_ARGS
+PIP_ARGS ?=
+.PHONY: python-requirements
+python-requirements: ##Install Python requirements for framework via pip (use PIP_ARGS=... for additional options)
+	@echo Installing Python requirements...
+	$(Q) $(PYTHON) -m pip install $(PIP_ARGS) -r $(SMING_HOME)/../Tools/requirements.txt
+
+
 # Recursive wildcard search
 # $1 -> list of directories
 # $2 -> file extensions filters (using % as wildcard)
diff --git a/Tools/requirements.txt b/Tools/requirements.txt
index 941e353f13..ee96c8f8e1 100644
--- a/Tools/requirements.txt
+++ b/Tools/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 pyserial
 jsonschema
-rjsmin