diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 6dbdb27f..b4a29d8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ jobs:
         python-version: 3.9
     - name: Build full source distribution as tar.gz
       run: python setup.py sdist
+    - name: Install the wheel package
+      run: pip install wheel
     - name: Build pure Python source wheel
       run: WRAPT_INSTALL_EXTENSIONS=false python setup.py bdist_wheel
     - name: Store built wheels