diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-46.4.0.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-46.4.0.ebuild
index 8562f41ff1108..12991147d6655 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-46.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-46.4.0.ebuild
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ BDEPEND="
 		dev-python/pytest-fixture-config[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pytest-virtualenv[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/wheel[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			dev-python/futures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		' -2)
 	)
 "
 PDEPEND="