diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows_build.yml b/.github/workflows/windows_build.yml
index 14220e2eca..cfd559d727 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows_build.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./installer.exe /verysilent /allusers /dir=inst
       - name: Build MAVProxy
         run: |
-          python -m pip install . --user
+          python -m pip install .[recommended] --user
           python -m pip list
       - name: Prepare installer
         run: |
diff --git a/windows/MAVProxyWinBuild.bat b/windows/MAVProxyWinBuild.bat
index 9f8e9297ae..9ad02f3e7c 100755
--- a/windows/MAVProxyWinBuild.bat
+++ b/windows/MAVProxyWinBuild.bat
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ python.exe -m pip install -U pyinstaller==6.7.0 packaging
 
 rem -----Build MAVProxy-----
 cd ..\
-python.exe -m pip install . --user
+python.exe -m pip install .[recommended] --user
 cd .\MAVProxy
 copy ..\windows\mavproxy.spec
 pyinstaller -y --clean mavproxy.spec