diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index da95e33..6624403 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ apprise==1.2.1
 paho-mqtt
 pytest==7.1.2
 pytest-mock==3.7.0
+suntime
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index b4fb2a6..e13f9e6 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ if ! grep RTSP_STREAM_TO_LIVESTREAM /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
   sudo -u$USER echo "RTSP_STREAM_TO_LIVESTREAM=\"0\"" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 fi
 
+suntime_installation_status=$(~/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/python3 -c 'import pkgutil; print("installed" if pkgutil.find_loader("suntime") else "not installed")')
+if [[ "$suntime_installation_status" = "not installed" ]];then
+  $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/pip3 install -U pip
+  $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/pip3 install suntime
+fi
 
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 restart_services.sh