diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics/setup.cfg b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics/setup.cfg
index e949e13adc..b684abd00e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics/setup.cfg
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics/setup.cfg
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ packages=find_namespace:
 install_requires =
     opentelemetry-api ~= 1.11
     opentelemetry-sdk ~= 1.11
+    psutil ~= 5.9
 
 [options.extras_require]
 test =