diff --git a/dev-python/flask-htmlmin/flask-htmlmin-1.2.1.ebuild b/dev-python/flask-htmlmin/flask-htmlmin-1.2.1.ebuild
index e744d00a4a6e5..00e93c0cb1910 100644
--- a/dev-python/flask-htmlmin/flask-htmlmin-1.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/flask-htmlmin/flask-htmlmin-1.2.1.ebuild
@@ -25,4 +25,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/flask
 "
 
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"