diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+# generated from manifests external_dependencies
+phonenumbers
diff --git a/setup/base_phone/odoo/addons/base_phone b/setup/base_phone/odoo/addons/base_phone
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+../../../../base_phone
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup/base_phone/setup.py b/setup/base_phone/setup.py
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+import setuptools
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    setup_requires=['setuptools-odoo'],
+    odoo_addon=True,
+)