diff --git a/desktop/kde/framework/kapidox/pspec.xml b/desktop/kde/framework/kapidox/pspec.xml
index 5233f79967..8d984dd6b0 100755
--- a/desktop/kde/framework/kapidox/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/kde/framework/kapidox/pspec.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
             <Dependency>python-PyYAML</Dependency>
 <!--             <Dependency versionFrom="5.7.1">qt5-base-devel</Dependency> -->
             <Dependency versionFrom="5.74.0">extra-cmake-modules</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python-setuptools</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>