diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1bd53c5174..fb6737b223 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     ),
     package_data={'reframe': ['schemas/*']},
     include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=['jsonschema'],
+    install_requires=['argcomplete', 'jsonschema', 'PyYAML'],
     python_requires='>=3.6',
     scripts=['bin/reframe'],
     classifiers=(