diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5655142cad2d5e441ab80ecf19c42f8b0f8f5a51_c2V0dXAucHk=..25204192b6c5beb9a3fd44765e23a05bf0f898b9_c2V0dXAucHk= 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
 #   python -c 'import setuptools; execfile("setup.py")' bdist_egg
 #
 import sys
-from distutils.core import setup, Extension, Command
+try:
+    from setuptools import setup, Extension, Command
+except ImportError:
+    from distutils.core import setup, Extension, Command
 from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
 from distutils.errors import CCompilerError, DistutilsExecError, \
     DistutilsPlatformError