diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8e3a82b..9849c77 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
 	"name" : "wp-api/basic-auth",
 	"description" : "Basic Authentication handler for the JSON API, used for development and debugging purposes",
-	"type" : "wordpress-plugin"
+	"type" : "wordpress-plugin",
+	"require": {
+		"composer/installers": "~1.0"
+	}
 }