diff --git a/plug/pip_resolve.py b/plug/pip_resolve.py
index 20a7555c..15101664 100644
--- a/plug/pip_resolve.py
+++ b/plug/pip_resolve.py
@@ -79,9 +79,13 @@ def matches_environment(requirement):
             return match[0].lower() == sys_platform
     return True
 
+def is_testable(requirement):
+    return requirement.editable == False and requirement.vcs == None
+
 def get_requirements_list(requirements_file):
     req_list = list(requirements.parse(requirements_file))
     req_list = filter(matches_environment, req_list)
+    req_list = filter(is_testable, req_list)
     required = [req.name.replace('_', '-') for req in req_list]
     return required
 
diff --git a/test/inspect.test.js b/test/inspect.test.js
index b4958ee8..cb47389f 100644
--- a/test/inspect.test.js
+++ b/test/inspect.test.js
@@ -107,9 +107,7 @@ test('uses provided exec command', function (t) {
 
 test('package name differs from requirement', function (t) {
   chdirWorkspaces('pip-app-deps-with-dashes');
-  return subProcess.execute('pip',
-    ['install', '-r', 'requirements.txt', '--disable-pip-version-check']
-  )
+  return pipInstall()
   .then(function () {
     return plugin.inspect('.', 'requirements.txt')
     .then(function (result) {
@@ -140,9 +138,7 @@ test('package name differs from requirement', function (t) {
 
 test('package depends on platform', function (t) {
   chdirWorkspaces('pip-app-deps-conditional');
-  return subProcess.execute('pip',
-    ['install', '-r', 'requirements.txt', '--disable-pip-version-check']
-  )
+  return pipInstall()
   .then(function () {
     return plugin.inspect('.', 'requirements.txt')
     .then(function (result) {
@@ -164,6 +160,35 @@ test('package depends on platform', function (t) {
   });
 });
 
+test('editables ignored', function (t) {
+  chdirWorkspaces('pip-app-deps-editable');
+  return pipInstall()
+  .then(function () {
+    return plugin.inspect('.', 'requirements.txt')
+    .then(function (result) {
+      var pkg = result.package;
+      t.notOk(pkg.dependencies['django-munigeo'], 'editable dep ignored');
+      t.same(pkg.dependencies['posix-ipc'], {
+        from: [
+          'pip-app-deps-editable@0.0.0',
+          'posix-ipc@1.0.0',
+        ],
+        name: 'posix-ipc',
+        version: '1.0.0',
+      }, 'posix-ipc looks ok');
+      t.end();
+    });
+  })
+  .catch(function (error) {
+    t.fail(error);
+  });
+});
+
+function pipInstall() {
+  return subProcess.execute('pip',
+    ['install', '-r', 'requirements.txt', '--disable-pip-version-check']);
+}
+
 function chdirWorkspaces(dir) {
   process.chdir(path.resolve(__dirname, 'workspaces', dir));
 }
diff --git a/test/workspaces/pip-app-deps-editable/.gitignore b/test/workspaces/pip-app-deps-editable/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85de9cf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/workspaces/pip-app-deps-editable/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+src
diff --git a/test/workspaces/pip-app-deps-editable/requirements.txt b/test/workspaces/pip-app-deps-editable/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..595c47f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/workspaces/pip-app-deps-editable/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-e git+https://github.com/City-of-Helsinki/munigeo#egg=django-munigeo
+posix_ipc==1.0.0