diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 02682ad619e0..1bad08d9582d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     # be reorganized to be a more conventional Python tree.
     packages=[
         "cms",
+        "common",
         "lms",
         "openedx",
         "xmodule",