diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 99e646c18..800b45828 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pyopenssl
 pyxdg
 pillow
 mako
+setuptools
 chardet
 setproctitle
 pywin32; sys_platform == 'win32'