diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a20b51880..752bd4c34 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "dependencies": {
+    "@deltachat/jsonrpc-client": "file:deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript",
     "debug": "^4.1.1",
     "napi-macros": "^2.0.0",
     "node-gyp-build": "^4.1.0"