diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5329711a1436cb5f1f118c481f55c9bd8ecf2ade..e2709c73e77714c99bff1ccf8f8143a580905ff9 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 long_description = '''
 python-libevdev is a Python wrapper around the libevdev C library. It