diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 4abea6e..eaa5021 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ molteniron: {}
 # molteniron packages that must be installed before anything else
 molteniron_requires_pip_packages:
   - daemonize
+  - osprofiler
   - PyMySQL
   - pyyaml
   - sqlalchemy