diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5e932faa301777ae8a22728c175a0cfe06f882ba..1f90bd8de28f801bc9cf41d4b6d94347e46d5cb7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from setuptools import setup
+
 setup(
    name='backbone-adapter-testsuite',
    packages=find_packages(),