diff --git a/lightrag/kg/redis_impl.py b/lightrag/kg/redis_impl.py
index a126074d..013196e3 100644
--- a/lightrag/kg/redis_impl.py
+++ b/lightrag/kg/redis_impl.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import os
 from tqdm.asyncio import tqdm as tqdm_async
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+import pipmaster as pm
+if not pm.is_installed("redis"):
+    pm.install("redis")
 
 # aioredis is a depricated library, replaced with redis
 from redis.asyncio import Redis