diff --git a/awxkit/setup.py b/awxkit/setup.py
index 70ceec7e93ae..261f73af5f1b 100644
--- a/awxkit/setup.py
+++ b/awxkit/setup.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ def run(self):
     },
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
+        'packaging',
         'PyYAML',
         'requests',
         'setuptools',