diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 68f1374f6adaf8007c8288c8fef4d51a66e0cb75..0c791202b194b73d39d6369f8d9d0e5b187f798b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ setup(
         "zarr",
         "nd2",
         "dask",
-        "fire"
+        "fire",
+        "aicsimageio"
     ],
     python_requires=">=3.8",
     packages=find_packages(),