diff --git a/asv_bench/asv.conf.json b/asv_bench/asv.conf.json
index 4a0c882640eb6..b1feb1d0af79c 100644
--- a/asv_bench/asv.conf.json
+++ b/asv_bench/asv.conf.json
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
     "regression_thresholds": {
     },
     "build_command":
-    ["python setup.py build -j4",
+    ["python -m pip install versioneer[toml]",
+     "python setup.py build -j4",
      "PIP_NO_BUILD_ISOLATION=false python -mpip wheel --no-deps --no-index -w {build_cache_dir} {build_dir}"],
 }