diff --git a/dev-python/svgwrite/svgwrite-1.2.1.ebuild b/dev-python/svgwrite/svgwrite-1.2.1.ebuild
index aa6acd5719f25..e79b3edf3a5cd 100644
--- a/dev-python/svgwrite/svgwrite-1.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/svgwrite/svgwrite-1.2.1.ebuild
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ IUSE="test"
 
 RDEPEND=">=dev-python/pyparsing-2.0.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? ( dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
 
 python_test() {