diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6a2f8d5960b1e1a1e63e73a7ee1ca73e112de818..6d32f860b83d2d6e677ade036e8296878a2334f5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ setup(
 
     install_requires=[
       'setuptools',
+      'importlib'
     ],
 
     entry_points = {