diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e18ec25234488af8a1e3f023455ec0c5005a2c42..9c24e565cf06426730d625859f3d67b3a9640111 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ setup(
         'flask-compress==1.4.0',
         'typing==3.6.2',
         'jsonschema==2.6.0',
+        'setuptools==28.8.0',
         'celery[redis]==4.1.0',
         'redis==2.10.6',
         'numpy==1.13.3',