diff --git a/devel/py-cerberus/Makefile b/devel/py-cerberus/Makefile
index efad329a4801..b238c3e23c19 100644
--- a/devel/py-cerberus/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-cerberus/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,32 @@
 PORTNAME=	Cerberus
 PORTVERSION=	1.3.4
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	matthew@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Lightweight, extensible validation tool for Python dictionaries
 WWW=		https://github.com/pyeve/cerberus
 
 LICENSE=	ISCL
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517 pytest
 
 # benchmark tests are missing files not included in PYPI tarballs and
 # break running pytest at all
 
 post-patch:
 	${RM} ${WRKSRC}/cerberus/benchmarks/test_overall_performance_1.py
 	${RM} ${WRKSRC}/cerberus/benchmarks/test_overall_performance_2.py
 
 # Not to be confused with devel/py-pycerberus which fulfils a quite
 # different function.
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>