diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 43ac35d..53f0162 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
         'paho-mqtt>=1.5.0,<2.0.0',
         'requests>=2.19.1,<3.0.0',
         'aiohttp[speedups]>=3.7.4.post0,<4.0.0',
-        'pycryptodomex>=3.20.0'
+        'pycryptodomex>=3.20.0',
+        'setuptools',
     ],
     python_requires='>=3.7',
     test_suite='tests',