diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 3e541848..f4d4f80f 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include MANIFEST.in
 include versioneer.py
-include pims/_version.py
+include pims/_slicerator_version.py
 include setup.py
 include setup.cfg
 include license.txt
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 38afacaa..3cbd48b6 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ requirements:
 
   run:
     - python
+    - slicerator >=0.9.3
     - six >=1.8
     - numpy >=1.7
     - scikit-image  # one of { scikit-image | matplotlib | scipy }
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0711146e..636db144 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def read(fname):
     cmdclass=versioneer.get_cmdclass(),
     description="Python Image Sequence",
     author="PIMS Contributors",
-    install_requires=['six>=1.8', 'numpy>=1.7'],
+    install_requires=['slicerator>=0.9.3', 'six>=1.8', 'numpy>=1.7'],
     author_email="dallan@pha.jhu.edu",
     url="https://github.com/soft-matter/pims",
     packages=['pims',