diff --git a/requirements/requirements_setup_requires.txt b/requirements/requirements_setup_requires.txt
index d710ba2954..86a59dd939 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_setup_requires.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_setup_requires.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ vcversioner>=2.16.0.0
 pytest-runner
 isort
 virtualenv
+m2r