diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 03cffd022e044c4199710f1a9f0dc0970e6cd913..5f2c3fd82cc85b18f8b1b94214998c2b249ce516 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name='pytabor',