diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 216be455..2a0b537a 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 -e .
 -r requirements.txt
 pytest>=7.1.2
-pytest-cov
\ No newline at end of file
+pytest-cov
+scipy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0054a0ad..dd151b0a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ test =
     pytest-cov
     pylint
     xmltodict
+    scipy  # provides netcdf4
     %(io)s
     %(snt)s
     %(mongodb)s