diff --git a/packages/matplotlib/meta.yaml b/packages/matplotlib/meta.yaml
index 4f2650ccf..e437119bd 100644
--- a/packages/matplotlib/meta.yaml
+++ b/packages/matplotlib/meta.yaml
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ requirements:
 test:
   imports:
     - matplotlib
+    - mpl_toolkits