diff --git a/miniupnpc/setup.py b/miniupnpc/setup.py
index f0b6ce1..049f670 100644
--- a/miniupnpc/setup.py
+++ b/miniupnpc/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # python script to build the miniupnpc module under unix
 #
 # replace libminiupnpc.a by libminiupnpc.so for shared library usage
-from distutils.core import setup, Extension
+from setuptools import setup, Extension
 from distutils import sysconfig
 sysconfig.get_config_vars()["OPT"] = ''
 sysconfig.get_config_vars()["CFLAGS"] = ''