diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 702df8e43..3e46d7a1c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ install_requires =
     requests
     beautifulsoup4
     cython
+    h5py
 
 [options.entry_points]
 console_scripts =