diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index ad4009613a6444dcb4ec2918d71ad31bb46b7a04..ad60d11529f1faa1213e8bf1156704daab239b35 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ requirements:
     - bob.pipelines
     - matplotlib {{ matplotlib }}
     - six {{ six }}
+    - mxnet
   run:
     - python
     - setuptools
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 85daa8e08d1c6660e3d11fe9d6f798e3a18814ce..0b573c7e11e5d64d5b1acdafc7afe8df397c0cbc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ bob.ip.facedetect
 bob.pipelines
 matplotlib   # for plotting
 six
-scikit-image
\ No newline at end of file
+scikit-image
+mxnet
\ No newline at end of file