diff --git a/src/google/adk/tools/load_web_page.py b/src/google/adk/tools/load_web_page.py
index 9a10c60f5d9..d1a679f0e40 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/tools/load_web_page.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/tools/load_web_page.py
@@ -286,7 +286,14 @@ def load_web_page(url: str) -> str:
   Returns:
       str: The text content of the url.
   """
-  from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+  try:
+    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+    import lxml  # noqa: F401 -- verify lxml is available for the parser
+  except ImportError as e:
+    raise ImportError(
+        'load_web_page requires the "beautifulsoup4" and "lxml" packages. '
+        'Install them with: pip install google-adk[extensions]'
+    ) from e
 
   try:
     response = _fetch_response(url)