diff --git a/dns/letsdns/Makefile b/dns/letsdns/Makefile
index e06ae3a167ac..0480d6bc217e 100644
--- a/dns/letsdns/Makefile
+++ b/dns/letsdns/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	letsdns
 DISTVERSION=	1.0.1
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	dns
 
 MAINTAINER=	flo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Manage DANE TLSA records in DNS servers
 WWW=		https://letsdns.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cryptography>0:security/py-cryptography@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dnspython>0:dns/py-dnspython@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	LetsDNS
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>