diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f3ead805b8..424cf6c22d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ pyyaml
 dargs >= 0.2.6
 python-hostlist >= 1.21
 typing_extensions; python_version < "3.7"
+importlib_metadata>=1.4; python_version < "3.8"
 h5py
 wcmatch