diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 27f6e44ef7d80b27d0d02f84bc450a81b48affed..e7258ccac4e4f291eb7bcb384b4da2db74106855 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ INSTALL_REQUIRES = ['numpy',
                     'gdal',
                     'cdo',
                     # 'python-cdo',
+                    'cdsapi',
                     'rasterio',
                     'netcdf4',
                     'h5py',