diff --git a/environment.yaml b/environment.yaml
index c09861096b344b920a4f219a904979b26205e818..c4666a5048f91d4786bb4bebb66c269999f51e09 100755
--- a/environment.yaml
+++ b/environment.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ dependencies:
   - openssl
   - eccodes==2.36.0
   - python-eccodes==1.7.1
+  - hdf5plugin
   - scipy
 #    - git+https://gitlab.dkrz.de/data-infrastructure-services/cloudify.git#egg=cloudify
 # does not work because it forces an old eccodes version