diff --git a/chaos_monkey/monkey.spec b/chaos_monkey/monkey.spec
index 254904154..edbd99541 100644
--- a/chaos_monkey/monkey.spec
+++ b/chaos_monkey/monkey.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import platform
 a = Analysis(['main.py'],
              pathex=['.'],
-             hiddenimports=[],
+             hiddenimports=['_cffi_backend'],
              hookspath=None,
              runtime_hooks=None)