diff --git a/exercises/practice/game-of-life/.meta/example.R b/exercises/practice/game-of-life/.meta/example.R
index 6a29e9e5..d97504e1 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/game-of-life/.meta/example.R
+++ b/exercises/practice/game-of-life/.meta/example.R
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+library(dplyr)
+
 tick <- function(cells) {
   coords <- expand.grid(seq_len(nrow(cells)), seq_len(ncol(cells)))