diff --git a/plugin-template b/plugin-template
index 623f0d5a..808000c1 100755
--- a/plugin-template
+++ b/plugin-template
@@ -414,7 +414,10 @@ def write_template_section(config, name, plugin_root_dir, verbose=False):
         black_paths = filter(
             lambda x: os.path.exists(os.path.join(plugin_root_dir, x)), black_paths
         )
-        subprocess.run(["black", "--quiet"] + list(black_paths), cwd=plugin_root_dir)
+        try:
+            subprocess.run(["black", "--quiet"] + list(black_paths), cwd=plugin_root_dir)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            pass
 
     print(f"Section: {name} \n    templated: {files_templated}\n    copied: {files_copied}")
     return 0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index abcb9934..e81da93f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+black
 jinja2
 pyyaml
 requests~=2.32.3