diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f6eaaf7a7..2b8369870 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ install_requires =
     pvextractor>=0.2
     importlib_resources>=1.3; python_version<'3.9'
     importlib_metadata>=3.6; python_version<'3.10'
+    # For now, we include a dependency on glue-qt so that imports of the
+    # Qt-related functionality continue to work albeit with a deprecation
+    # warning. Once the deprecation phase is over, we can remove this
+    # dependency as well as all the compatibility imports.
+    glue-qt>=0.1.0
 
 [options.entry_points]
 glue.plugins =