diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-dill/template b/srcpkgs/python3-dill/template
index d40ce208e06..e27236c340d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-dill/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-dill/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=0.3.4
 revision=1
 wrksrc="dill-$version"
 build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3"
 short_desc="Serialize all of Python"
 maintainer="Michal Vasilek <michal@vasilek.cz>"