diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a0cf7a8f9..d3980e9a2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ setup(
         'console_scripts': 'lbrynet=lbrynet.cli:main'
     },
     install_requires=[
+        'asyncio',
         'aiohttp',
         'twisted[tls]==18.7.0',
         'appdirs',