diff --git a/dev-python/entrypoints/entrypoints-0.2.3.ebuild b/dev-python/entrypoints/entrypoints-0.2.3.ebuild
index 733fe1027b9c2..4f68d1e94468d 100644
--- a/dev-python/entrypoints/entrypoints-0.2.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/entrypoints/entrypoints-0.2.3.ebuild
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm ~arm64 x86"
 IUSE="doc test"
 
 DEPEND="
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	$(python_gen_cond_dep '>=dev-python/configparser-3.5.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' 'python2*')
 	test? (
 		dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]