diff --git a/programming/language/python3/python3-cairo/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python3/python3-cairo/pspec.xml
index d559fd4582..6dc64d643f 100644
--- a/programming/language/python3/python3-cairo/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python3/python3-cairo/pspec.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         <Archive sha1sum="8813031f864069a1e9c4f582fc938b149142c1ee" type="targz">https://github.com/pygobject/pycairo/archive/v1.23.0.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency versionFrom="3.8.1">python3-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-setuptools</Dependency>
             <Dependency>cairo-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>