diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2b60a10af..b1bb64575 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ install_requires = [
     'protego>=0.1.15',
     'itemadapter>=0.1.0',
     'h2>=3.0,<4.0',
+    'setuptools',
 ]
 extras_require = {}
 cpython_dependencies = [