diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.in b/requirements/edx/base.in
index 8708f323fa..0897ef2ed5 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.in
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.in
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ rules                               # Django extension for rules-based authoriza
 simplejson
 sailthru-client==2.2.3              # For Sailthru integration
 Shapely                             # Geometry library, used for image click regions in capa
+shortuuid			    # used in openedx/core/lib/hash_utils to generate object hashes.
 six                                 # Utilities for supporting Python 2 & 3 in the same codebase
 sortedcontainers                    # Provides SortedKeyList, used for lists of XBlock assets
 sqlparse                            # Required by Django to run migrations.RunSQL