diff --git a/dev-python/jmespath/jmespath-0.9.0.ebuild b/dev-python/jmespath/jmespath-0.9.0.ebuild
index 58c2e6ef429ba..1d220883158d9 100644
--- a/dev-python/jmespath/jmespath-0.9.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/jmespath/jmespath-0.9.0.ebuild
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE="test"
 
 DEPEND="
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? ( dev-python/nose[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 "
 RDEPEND=""