diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 876a33e..700616f 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ install:
   - set PATH=%PYTHON_VER%;%PYTHON_VER%\Scripts;%PATH%;C:\msys64\mingw%ARCH_BITS%\bin
   # We need wheel installed to build wheels
   - "%PYTHON_VER%\\python.exe -m pip install wheel"
+  # Starting with python 3.12, setuptools is not provided by default
+  - "%PYTHON_VER%\\python.exe -m pip install setuptools"
   - echo "using twine login %USER% %PASS%"
   - echo %PATH%
   - cc -v