diff --git a/mercurial/scmutil.py b/mercurial/scmutil.py
--- a/mercurial/scmutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/scmutil.py
@@ -1470,11 +1470,26 @@
     repo._quick_access_changeid_invalidate()
 
 
+def filterrequirements(requirements):
+    """ filters the requirements into two sets:
+
+    wcreq: requirements which should be written in .hg/requires
+    storereq: which should be written in .hg/store/requires
+
+    Returns (wcreq, storereq)
+    """
+    return requirements, None
+
+
 def writereporequirements(repo, requirements=None):
     """ writes requirements for the repo to .hg/requires """
     if requirements:
         repo.requirements = requirements
-    writerequires(repo.vfs, repo.requirements)
+    wcreq, storereq = filterrequirements(repo.requirements)
+    if wcreq:
+        writerequires(repo.vfs, wcreq)
+    if storereq:
+        writerequires(repo.svfs, storereq)
 
 
 def writerequires(opener, requirements):