diff --git a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
index 1d07a1ef8..b7a076d8f 100755
--- a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ requirements:
     - behresp
     - aiohttp
     - curl
-
+    - openpyxl
+    
   run:
     - python
     - "numpy>=1.14"
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ requirements:
     - behresp
     - aiohttp
     - curl
+    - openpyxl
 
 test:
   commands:
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 0c6e03379..ea0200d93 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dependencies:
 - coverage
 - "paramtools>=0.18.0"
 - behresp
+- openpyxl
 - pip
 - pip:
     - jupyter-book