diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f5b2efb2..1fc18e67 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Build-Depends: bzip2,
                module-assistant,
                nasm,
                python3-dev,
+               python3-setuptools,
                texlive-fonts-extra,
                texlive-fonts-recommended,
                texlive-latex-extra,