diff --git a/docs/requirements_for_rtd.txt b/docs/requirements_for_rtd.txt
index b44b2524de..2f3e0651d1 100644
--- a/docs/requirements_for_rtd.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements_for_rtd.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ ete3==3.1.1
 flask-marshmallow==0.9.0
 ipython>=4.0,<6.0
 itsdangerous==0.24
+kiwipy==0.2.1
 marshmallow-sqlalchemy==0.13.2
 meld3==1.0.2
 mock==2.0.0
diff --git a/setup_requirements.py b/setup_requirements.py
index 374f4c0034..64e1a4b941 100644
--- a/setup_requirements.py
+++ b/setup_requirements.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     'pika==0.11.2',
     'ipython>=4.0,<6.0',  # Version of ipython non enforced, because some still prefer version 4 rather than the latest
     'plumpy==0.10.6',
+    'kiwipy==0.2.1',
     'circus==0.14.0',
     'tornado==4.5.3',  # As of 2018/03/06 Tornado released v5.0 which breaks circus 0.14.0
     'chainmap; python_version<"3.5"',