diff --git a/dev-python/py2neo/py2neo-2.0.9.ebuild b/dev-python/py2neo/py2neo-2.0.9.ebuild
index 50dad8ea8d77b..27257d606370c 100644
--- a/dev-python/py2neo/py2neo-2.0.9.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/py2neo/py2neo-2.0.9.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
 python_compile() {
 	# https://github.com/nigelsmall/py2neo/issues/380
 	python_is_python3 || local -x CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fno-strict-aliasing"