diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics/setup.cfg b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics/setup.cfg
index 4a93873ce..70c784c60 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics/setup.cfg
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics/setup.cfg
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ package_dir=
 packages=find_namespace:
 install_requires =
     opentelemetry-api == 0.13dev0
+    opentelemetry-sdk == 0.13dev0
     psutil ~= 5.7.0
 
 [options.extras_require]