diff --git a/conda/run_test.bat b/conda/run_test.bat
index 2e2f4d8b44..98d95f80a6 100644
--- a/conda/run_test.bat
+++ b/conda/run_test.bat
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+rem Hack while we do not have bcf-client on our conda ifcopenshell channel yet
+pip install bcf-client
 cd test && python tests.py
 cd ../src/ifcopenshell-python && mv ifcopenshell ifcopenshell-local && make test
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diff --git a/conda/run_test.sh b/conda/run_test.sh
index 17f1cbefb4..7cbc6ad03c 100644
--- a/conda/run_test.sh
+++ b/conda/run_test.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Hack while we do not have bcf-client on our conda ifcopenshell channel yet
+pip install bcf-client
 cd test && python tests.py
 cd ../src/ifcopenshell-python && mv ifcopenshell ifcopenshell-local && make test