diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 220135f4..25e92f50 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 importlib-metadata >=4.0.0; python_version < '3.8'
 packaging >=17.1
+setuptools
 typing_extensions