diff --git a/dev-python/py-ubjson/py-ubjson-0.11.0.ebuild b/dev-python/py-ubjson/py-ubjson-0.11.0.ebuild
index f7ea0909f0165..9e759613ae71c 100644
--- a/dev-python/py-ubjson/py-ubjson-0.11.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/py-ubjson/py-ubjson-0.11.0.ebuild
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86"
 IUSE=""
+
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"