diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5fc16692ee..f752dd6567 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
         "neural-compressor>=2.2.0",
         "onnx",
         "onnxruntime<1.15.0",
+        "intel-extension-for-transformers",
     ],
     "openvino": ["openvino>=2023.1.0", "onnx", "onnxruntime"],
     "nncf": ["nncf>=2.6.0"],