diff --git a/programming/language/python3/python3-sip/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python3/python3-sip/pspec.xml
index 43e297fd00..5cab4ea0dc 100644
--- a/programming/language/python3/python3-sip/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python3/python3-sip/pspec.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         <Archive sha1sum="2a428d0dcb895e153114bb1fc614fcb74460f0ee" type="targz">https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/sip/sip-6.7.2.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>python3-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-setuptools</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>