diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4282195dbad5..d6fd50384fc9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ def make_release_tree(self, base_dir, files):
         "numpy>=1.17",
         "setuptools_scm>=4",
         "setuptools_scm_git_archive",
+        "wheel",
     ],
     install_requires=[
         "cycler>=0.10",