diff --git a/asap-tools/README.md b/asap-tools/README.md
index 472e679..8e2f555 100644
--- a/asap-tools/README.md
+++ b/asap-tools/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ A framework for running end-to-end distributed systems experiments on CloudLab,
   - Ubuntu
   - Python 3.8+
   - Local clone of `ASAPQuery` repo (at `$REPO_ROOT`)
+  - Dependencies for running the experiment orchestrators (`experiment_run_e2e.py`, `experiment_run_clickhouse.py`, etc.):
+    ```bash
+    cd $REPO_ROOT/asap-tools/experiments
+    ./setup_dependencies.sh
+    ```
 
 - **CloudLab:**
   - Active experiment with N nodes
diff --git a/asap-tools/experiments/requirements.txt b/asap-tools/experiments/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6622c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asap-tools/experiments/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+hydra-core==1.3.2
+omegaconf==2.3.0
+Jinja2==3.1.2
+PyYAML==6.0.2
+humanize==4.9.0
+matplotlib==3.7.1
+msgpack==1.1.0
+numpy>=1.26,<2
+pandas==2.0.3
+plotnine==0.12.4
diff --git a/asap-tools/experiments/setup_dependencies.sh b/asap-tools/experiments/setup_dependencies.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2fd8565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asap-tools/experiments/setup_dependencies.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Installs the dependencies needed to run the experiment orchestrators
+# (experiment_run_e2e.py, experiment_run_clickhouse.py, etc.) from the local
+# machine. These scripts only drive remote CloudLab nodes over ssh/rsync; all
+# component installation on the nodes themselves is handled by
+# asap-tools/deploy_from_scratch.sh.
+
+set -e
+
+THIS_DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")
+
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip rsync openssh-client
+pip3 install --user -r "${THIS_DIR}/requirements.txt"
+
+# promql_utilities (used by post_experiment/) isn't on PyPI, install local editable copy
+pip3 install --user -e "${THIS_DIR}/../../asap-common/dependencies/py/promql_utilities"