diff --git a/chaos_monkey/monkey-linux.spec b/chaos_monkey/monkey-linux.spec
index b760f128e..16e88810d 100644
--- a/chaos_monkey/monkey-linux.spec
+++ b/chaos_monkey/monkey-linux.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ a = Analysis(['main.py'],
              pathex=['.'],
              binaries=None,
              datas=None,
-             hiddenimports=[],
+             hiddenimports=['_cffi_backend'],
              hookspath=None,
              runtime_hooks=None,
              excludes=None,