diff --git a/system/base/pycurl/pspec.xml b/system/base/pycurl/pspec.xml
index cf060447..8f87553c 100644
--- a/system/base/pycurl/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/base/pycurl/pspec.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
             <Dependency versionFrom="8.0.1">curl-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>openssl-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python-setuptools</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>