diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index bef1858a70af113bd1acd9c9d5af06e95c1644ff..25845012a40a4e3d30098d7fa860060b9085d744 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ requirements:
     - setuptools {{ setuptools }}
     - pip {{ pip }}
     - bob.extension
+    - bob.io.base
     - exposed
     - numpy {{ numpy }}
     - scipy {{ scipy }}
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ requirements:
     - python
     - setuptools
     - bob.extension
+    - bob.io.base
     - exposed
     - {{ pin_compatible('numpy') }}
     - {{ pin_compatible('scipy') }}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dbde3e51e3bae0d9c5ed56e5fad2a837edf8caf7..2096f20c98459a44a924f990c1c89d5ccf96da8c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
         "setuptools",
         "numpy",
         "bob.extension",
+        "bob.io.base",
         "exposed",
         "scipy",
         "h5py",