diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e29719e4..a80c30ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 *.pyc
 __pycache__/
 .mypy_cache/
+.eggs/
 tests/out/
 
 # Python and Node dependencies
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4eb7c97d..07548234 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
         'dev': [
             "setuptools",
             "twine",
+            "wheel",
             "flake8",
             "ipdb",
             "mypy",