diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 62ff4a7bae995e792efb219c3febb77e9f6f0066..f2e0ab7edccebec46523e77bd81148bb1a64b878 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def main():
             "loopy>=2019.1",
             "dataclasses; python_version<'3.7'",
             "types-dataclasses",
+            "pytato>=2021.1",
         ],
         package_data={"arraycontext": ["py.typed"]},
     )