diff --git a/net-proxy/sshuttle/sshuttle-0.77.2.ebuild b/net-proxy/sshuttle/sshuttle-0.77.2.ebuild
index 98744d008f472..1d06a7c18d06d 100644
--- a/net-proxy/sshuttle/sshuttle-0.77.2.ebuild
+++ b/net-proxy/sshuttle/sshuttle-0.77.2.ebuild
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	net-firewall/iptables
 "
 DEPEND="
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/setuptools_scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? (
 		dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]