diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 2fbfb2f..2a4b7c1 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ pre-commit
 pytest
 pytest-cov
 flake8
+setuptools
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d6427c6..c15a720 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 with open("README.rst", encoding="utf-8") as rfile:
     long_description = rfile.read()