diff --git a/graphics/py-moderngl/Makefile b/graphics/py-moderngl/Makefile
index fcb2550ccd21..447e389cdf37 100644
--- a/graphics/py-moderngl/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/py-moderngl/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	moderngl
 DISTVERSION=	5.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	graphics
 #MASTER_SITES=	PYPI # no tests
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	ModernGL: High performance rendering for Python 3
 WWW=		https://moderngl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 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}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}glcontext>=2.3.6<3:graphics/py-glcontext@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.2.1:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest # testsuite SEGVs, see https://github.com/moderngl/moderngl/issues/547, https://github.com/moderngl/moderngl/issues/571
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/tests
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/moderngl/mgl${PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>