diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b225a6a75..af19a3ca9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ stevedore>=1.17.1; python_version >= '3.0'  # Apache-2.0
 python-jenkins>=1.8.2
 fasteners
 Jinja2
+setuptools