diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index f5d41861593584dce166ef9f9444d11a255f317f..edffd45db69ff03b998806376ac8a47be079b7f4 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ requirements:
     - setuptools
     - matplotlib
     - six
+  optional:
+    - bob.learn.tensoflow
+    - tensorflow
 
 test:
   imports: