diff --git a/account_financial_report_qweb/README.rst b/account_financial_report_qweb/README.rst
index 4420f64843d..69091e9dc62 100644
--- a/account_financial_report_qweb/README.rst
+++ b/account_financial_report_qweb/README.rst
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Contributors
 * Lorenzo Battistini <lorenzo.battistini@agilebg.com>
 * Julien Coux <julien.coux@camptocamp.com>
 * Akim Juillerat <akim.juillerat@camptocamp.com>
+* Jairo Llopis <jairo.llopis@tecnativa.com>
 
 Much of the work in this module was done at a sprint in Sorrento, Italy in
 April 2016.
diff --git a/account_financial_report_qweb/__manifest__.py b/account_financial_report_qweb/__manifest__.py
index 3101fcb5139..a88884829ac 100644
--- a/account_financial_report_qweb/__manifest__.py
+++ b/account_financial_report_qweb/__manifest__.py
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@
         'report/templates/trial_balance.xml',
         'view/account_view.xml'
     ],
-    'test': [
-    ],
+    'external_dependencies': {
+        "python": [
+            "xlsxwriter",
+        ],
+    },
     'installable': True,
     'application': True,
     'auto_install': False,
diff --git a/account_financial_report_qweb/report/abstract_report_xlsx.py b/account_financial_report_qweb/report/abstract_report_xlsx.py
index 24d5e5bcd86..360a4a4144a 100644
--- a/account_financial_report_qweb/report/abstract_report_xlsx.py
+++ b/account_financial_report_qweb/report/abstract_report_xlsx.py
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 # Author: Julien Coux
 # Copyright 2016 Camptocamp SA
 # License AGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html).
+try:
+    import xlsxwriter
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    import logging
+    _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    _logger.info("Missing dependency: xlsxwriter.")
+    _logger.debug("ImportError details:", exc_info=True)
 
 from cStringIO import StringIO
-import xlsxwriter
 from odoo.addons.report_xlsx.report.report_xlsx import ReportXlsx