diff --git a/launch_chffrplus.sh b/launch_chffrplus.sh
index 66f57c2cd1..5fb7a8262f 100755
--- a/launch_chffrplus.sh
+++ b/launch_chffrplus.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
 
 source "$DIR/launch_env.sh"
 
+# FIXME: temporary to avoid manual installs
+pip install scikit-image
+
 function agnos_init {
   # TODO: move this to agnos
   sudo rm -f /data/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/*.nmmeta