diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5a950ece7..9d7700e48 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ setup(
         'attrs==18.2.0',
         'pylru==1.1.0',
         'pyzmq==18.1.1',
+        'sqlalchemy',
     ],
     classifiers=[
         'Framework :: AsyncIO',