diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0135bbef..bb3a636d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Improvements
+- Add the image converter to the extra requires ([#677](../../pull/677))
+
 ## Version 1.8.6
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 539bb7a78..2f926c687 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 extraReqs = {
     'memcached': ['pylibmc>=1.5.1'] if platform.system() != 'Windows' else [],
+    'converter': ['large-image-converter'],
 }
 sources = {
     'bioformats': ['large-image-source-bioformats'],