diff --git a/numpyro/distributions/mixtures.py b/numpyro/distributions/mixtures.py
index c6631f0d9..b4803a3ba 100644
--- a/numpyro/distributions/mixtures.py
+++ b/numpyro/distributions/mixtures.py
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ def component_sample(
     def component_cdf(self, samples: ArrayLike) -> ArrayLike:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    @property
+    def has_rsample(self) -> bool:
+        return False
+
     @property
     def mixture_size(self) -> int:
         """The number of components in the mixture"""