diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8751b1d7..5a78d403 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ install_requires =
     indexed_zstd >= 1.2.2, < 2.0; platform_system!="Windows"
     dataclasses; python_version < "3.7.0"
     python-xz ~= 0.4.0
+    rapidgzip ~= 0.9.0
     rarfile ~= 4.0
 
 [options.extras_require]