diff --git a/pip_requirements.txt b/pip_requirements.txt
index 7c3ad942..ef6919d7 100644
--- a/pip_requirements.txt
+++ b/pip_requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Flask-Session
 # Database packages
 PyMySQL
 SQLAlchemy
+mysqlclient
 
 # GraphQL packages
 graphene-sqlalchemy