diff --git a/bob/devtools/templates/conda/meta.yaml b/bob/devtools/templates/conda/meta.yaml
index c5f17a28111eaa3164d891f9f877999e02f8d8b6..3a8517fdf42ea69bfd0c2b476a7d34b62014ed37 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/templates/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/templates/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ requirements:
   host:
     - python {{ python }}
     - setuptools {{ setuptools }}
+    - bob.extension
     # place your other host dependencies here
   run:
     - python
diff --git a/bob/devtools/templates/requirements.txt b/bob/devtools/templates/requirements.txt
index a85739ed615894896a53bef435746f1468b08146..089f1abe678a25e3bdd9f06da16152d3b03da86f 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/templates/requirements.txt
+++ b/bob/devtools/templates/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 setuptools
 numpy
+bob.extension
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