diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6d8519b6b8ba38ea3d171ca09141f892a7d1f953..b3c244af72eecb8d400918fe9fce41961db3e1c1 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-from distutils.core import setup
+try:
+    from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+except ImportError:
+    from ez_setup import use_setuptools
+    use_setuptools()
+    from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from subprocess import *
 import os
 import glob