diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4510bad7..09e6eeff 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
         'six>=1.8.0',
         'texttable',
         'tqdm',
+        'setuptools',
     ],
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests']),
     include_package_data=True,