diff --git a/debian/python3-osm-common.postinst b/debian/python3-osm-common.postinst
index 9d91a84..fa43cbc 100755
--- a/debian/python3-osm-common.postinst
+++ b/debian/python3-osm-common.postinst
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 echo "POST INSTALL OSM-COMMON"
 echo "Installing python dependencies via pip..."
 
+pip3 install dataclasses
 pip3 install --upgrade aiokafka
 pip3 install --upgrade pymongo
 pip3 install --upgrade pyyaml==5.*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 25e36fd..157ffec 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,10 +44,12 @@
     include_package_data=True,
     # scripts=['nbi.py'],
 
+    # dataclasses is required by aiokafka for Python <3.7.0
     install_requires=[
         'pymongo',
         'aiokafka',
         'PyYAML',
         'pycrypto',
+        'dataclasses',
     ],
 )