diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c6a990e8cc..3f0958ad32 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ dependencies = [
 hdf5 = ["h5py>=2.8.0"]
 netcdf = ["netCDF4>=1.5.6"]
 zarr = ["zarr"]
+pandas = ["pandas"]
 
 ## Examples and tutorial
 examples = [