diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fcd9474fda6..b3c0e97874e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pillow>=9.2.0",
     "dask>=2022.1.0", # we are making use of xarray features that requires dask implicitly
 ]
-
+import-names = ["qcodes"]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
 [project.urls]