diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 79d5f90..9265163 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: pip3 install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
+      run: pip3 install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt -r requirements-metrics.txt
 
     - name: Lint
       run: make lint
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0961a5d..be4c0d9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ To install from PyPI:
 ```bash
 pip install speechmatics-python
 ```
+
+To use the sm-metrics tool for diarization features and speaker identification metrics, install with the optional dependencies:
+```bash
+pip install speechmatics-python[metrics]
+```
 To install from source:
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/speechmatics/speechmatics-python
diff --git a/asr_metrics/cli.py b/asr_metrics/cli.py
index a4ea25f..5d089d2 100644
--- a/asr_metrics/cli.py
+++ b/asr_metrics/cli.py
@@ -1,34 +1,74 @@
 """Entrypoint for SM metrics"""
 
 import argparse
+import sys
 
-import asr_metrics.diarization.sm_diarization_metrics.cookbook as diarization_metrics
-import asr_metrics.wer.__main__ as wer_metrics
+try:
+    import asr_metrics.wer.__main__ as wer_metrics
+
+    WER_AVAILABLE = True
+except ImportError:
+    WER_AVAILABLE = False
+
+try:
+    import asr_metrics.diarization.sm_diarization_metrics.cookbook as diarization_metrics
+
+    DIARIZATION_AVAILABLE = True
+except ImportError:
+    DIARIZATION_AVAILABLE = False
 
 
 def main():
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Your CLI description")
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Speechmatics metrics tool for WER and diarization"
+    )
 
     # Create subparsers
     subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(
         dest="mode", help="Metrics mode. Choose from 'wer' or 'diarization'"
     )
-    subparsers.required = True  # Make sure a subparser id always provided
+    subparsers.required = True  # Make sure a subparser is always provided
 
-    wer_parser = subparsers.add_parser("wer", help="Entrypoint for WER metrics")
-    wer_metrics.get_wer_args(wer_parser)
+    if WER_AVAILABLE:
+        wer_parser = subparsers.add_parser("wer", help="Entrypoint for WER metrics")
+        wer_metrics.get_wer_args(wer_parser)
+    else:
+        wer_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
+            "wer", help="Entrypoint for WER metrics (requires additional dependencies)"
+        )
 
-    diarization_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
-        "diarization", help="Entrypoint for diarization metrics"
-    )
-    diarization_metrics.get_diarization_args(diarization_parser)
+    if DIARIZATION_AVAILABLE:
+        diarization_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
+            "diarization", help="Entrypoint for diarization metrics"
+        )
+        diarization_metrics.get_diarization_args(diarization_parser)
+    else:
+        diarization_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
+            "diarization",
+            help="Entrypoint for diarization metrics (requires pyannote dependencies)",
+        )
+        diarization_parser.add_argument(
+            "--help-install",
+            action="store_true",
+            help="Show instructions for installing diarization dependencies",
+        )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if args.mode == "wer":
-        wer_metrics.main(args)
+        if WER_AVAILABLE:
+            wer_metrics.main(args)
+        else:
+            print("Error: WER metrics require additional dependencies.")
+            print("Please install them with: pip install speechmatics-python[metrics]")
+            sys.exit(1)
     elif args.mode == "diarization":
-        diarization_metrics.main(args)
+        if DIARIZATION_AVAILABLE:
+            diarization_metrics.main(args)
+        else:
+            print("Error: Diarization metrics require additional dependencies.")
+            print("Please install them with: pip install speechmatics-python[metrics]")
+            sys.exit(1)
     else:
         print("Unsupported mode. Please use 'wer' or 'diarization'")
 
diff --git a/requirements-metrics.txt b/requirements-metrics.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e35140f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-metrics.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+docopt
+jiwer
+more-itertools
+pandas
+pyannote.core
+pyannote.database
+regex
+tabulate>=0.8.9
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 875ada5..f19dcaf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,3 @@ httpx[http2]~=0.23
 polling2~=0.5
 toml~=0.10.2
 tenacity~=8.2.3
-jiwer
-regex
-more-itertools
-pyannote.core
-pyannote.database
-docopt
-tabulate>=0.8.9
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f25c5bf..e4f4ca8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ def get_version(fname):
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     install_requires=read_list("requirements.txt"),
     tests_require=read_list("requirements-dev.txt"),
+    extras_require={
+        "metrics": read_list("requirements-metrics.txt"),
+    },
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [
             "speechmatics = speechmatics.cli:main",