diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5d8ae97..aecb479 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       author='Danilo Bargen',
       author_email='mail@dbrgn.ch',
       url='https://github.com/dbrgn/coverage-badge',
-      install_requires=['coverage'],
+      install_requires=['coverage', 'setuptools'],
       packages=['coverage_badge'],
       zip_safe=True,
       include_package_data=True,