diff --git a/dev-python/husl/husl-4.0.3.ebuild b/dev-python/husl/husl-4.0.3.ebuild
index 7cbefce08bd68..3f776a7d98715 100644
--- a/dev-python/husl/husl-4.0.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/husl/husl-4.0.3.ebuild
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+RDEPEND=""