diff --git a/python/setup.py.client.in b/python/setup.py.client.in
index 381fb2a8853cc4d5494e3eac520ab183db6eab09..4cb819b054bab55c8457788d7c038129152127db 100644
--- a/python/setup.py.client.in
+++ b/python/setup.py.client.in
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if '${PACK}' == 'ON':
 
 
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES = [
-    'six >= 1.10.0', 'protobuf >= 3.1.0'
+    'six >= 1.10.0', 'protobuf >= 3.1.0', 'numpy'
 ]
 
 if not find_package("paddlepaddle") and not find_package("paddlepaddle-gpu"):