diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 280b46f73629df8afe3615313b6241e865e48dd8..66f87ff4d1659bd4c37ce8cc59cb51f8f22f3504 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ setup(name="sumpy",
           "loo.py>=2013.1beta",
           "pytools>=2013.3",
           "pytest>=2.3",
+
+          "sympy>=0.7.2",
           ],