diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 6167eb0f4df91a015cf0df8163f6cd8928d3c165..f146154e0a7d99a2bbde0242cbf3672c8ec95454 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Imports:
     utils
 Suggests: 
     DESeq2,
+    knitr,
+    rmarkdown,
     testthat
 VignetteBuilder: 
     knitr