diff --git a/hbp_nrp_virtual_coach/requirements.txt b/hbp_nrp_virtual_coach/requirements.txt
index 6f904c1bcc966e4ddb6c68f1011826c7035da060..01295d990dec911eb0c277810884e42a77a16b30 100644
--- a/hbp_nrp_virtual_coach/requirements.txt
+++ b/hbp_nrp_virtual_coach/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ progressbar2==3.34.0
 httplib2==0.12.1
 pandas==0.22.0
 jupyter==1.0.0
+requests
 
 # unit test dependencies
 mock==1.0.1