diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 1336e13..95f4b15 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ You should have the following applications installed before continuing:
 * yq (version 4.18 or later)
 
 MacOS users, please install greadlink through 'brew install coreutils'
+
+Options:
+--install-pandoc:      Required for running the command icav2 projectpipelines create-cwl-from-zip
 "
 
 ICAV2_CLI_PLUGINS_HOME="$HOME/.icav2-cli-plugins"
@@ -138,6 +141,24 @@ get_this_path() {
   echo "${this_dir}"
 }
 
+################
+# ARGUMENTS
+################
+# Get args from command line
+install_pandoc="false"
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --install-pandoc)
+      install_pandoc="true"
+      ;;
+    -h | --help)
+      print_help
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+  esac
+  shift 1
+done
+
 ################
 # GET VERSIONS
 ################
@@ -282,10 +303,16 @@ sed -i "s/__PLUGIN_VERSION__/${PLUGIN_VERSION}/" "${ICAV2_CLI_PLUGINS_HOME}/shel
 # LINK PANDOC BINARY
 ######################
 # Link pandoc binary from site-packages/pypandoc/files/pandoc to ${ICAV2_CLI_PLUGINS_HOME}/pyenv/bin
-( \
-  cd "${ICAV2_CLI_PLUGINS_HOME}/pyenv/bin/";
-  ln -sf "${SITE_PACKAGES_DIR}/pypandoc/files/pandoc" "${ICAV2_CLI_PLUGINS_HOME}/pyenv/bin/pandoc}"
-)
+if [[ "${install_pandoc}" == "true" ]]; then
+  echo_stderr "Installing pandoc requirements"
+  "${ICAV2_CLI_PLUGINS_HOME}/pyenv/bin/python3" -m pip install --requirement "${ICAV2_CLI_PLUGINS_HOME}/requirements-pandoc.txt" --quiet
+  if [[ -f "${SITE_PACKAGES_DIR}/pypandoc/files/pandoc" ]]; then
+    ( \
+      cd "${ICAV2_CLI_PLUGINS_HOME}/pyenv/bin/";
+      ln -sf "${SITE_PACKAGES_DIR}/pypandoc/files/pandoc" "${ICAV2_CLI_PLUGINS_HOME}/pyenv/bin/pandoc}"
+    )
+  fi
+fi
 
 ######################
 # COPY AUTOCOMPLETIONS
diff --git a/src/plugins/requirements-pandoc.txt b/src/plugins/requirements-pandoc.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30d894e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/requirements-pandoc.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-r requirements.txt
+pypandoc==1.10
+pypandoc_binary==1.10
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/plugins/requirements.txt b/src/plugins/requirements.txt
index bccd492..2f476a6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/requirements.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ websocket_client==1.4.2
 # Manual additions
 cwltool==3.1.20221201130942
 pandoc==2.3
-pypandoc==1.10
-pypandoc_binary==1.10
 humanfriendly==10.0
 matplotlib==3.7.1
 invoke==2.0.0
diff --git a/src/plugins/subcommands/projectpipelines/create_cwl_workflow_from_zip.py b/src/plugins/subcommands/projectpipelines/create_cwl_workflow_from_zip.py
index 8deeeb1..1bbc677 100644
--- a/src/plugins/subcommands/projectpipelines/create_cwl_workflow_from_zip.py
+++ b/src/plugins/subcommands/projectpipelines/create_cwl_workflow_from_zip.py
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ def print_to_stdout(self):
         )
 
     def check_args(self):
+        # Check pypandoc binary
+        try:
+            import pandoc
+        except ImportError:
+            logger.error("Could not find pandoc module, please re-run the installation script with --install-pandoc parameter")
+            raise ImportError
         # Check zipped workflow path exists
         self.zipped_workflow_path = Path(self.args.get("<zipped_workflow_path>"))
         if not self.zipped_workflow_path.is_file():
diff --git a/src/plugins/utils/gh_helpers.py b/src/plugins/utils/gh_helpers.py
index 1f0e46f..bb4421a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/utils/gh_helpers.py
+++ b/src/plugins/utils/gh_helpers.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 from utils.logger import get_logger
 
-import pandoc
-
 logger = get_logger()