diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 7643d12e80ca76629a263c6bc6c782c5ac49e87a..db5a93c7fbb8802b4a3f09834211a90a5a613d5b 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ test:
     - conda inspect objects -p $PREFIX {{ name }}  # [osx]
   requires:
     - bob-devel {{ bob_devel }}.*
+    - nose
     - pytest
     - pytest-cov
     - coverage