diff --git a/dev-python/unicodecsv/unicodecsv-0.14.1.ebuild b/dev-python/unicodecsv/unicodecsv-0.14.1.ebuild
index 42d302a163284..6656408e855f6 100644
--- a/dev-python/unicodecsv/unicodecsv-0.14.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/unicodecsv/unicodecsv-0.14.1.ebuild
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc x86"
 IUSE=""
 
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
 python_test() {
 	python -m unittest discover
 }