diff --git a/devel/py-zfp/Makefile b/devel/py-zfp/Makefile
index a1247de98848..976dc6c25ed9 100644
--- a/devel/py-zfp/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-zfp/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,32 @@
 PORTNAME=	zfp
 DISTVERSION=	1.0.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel science
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/LLNL/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/${DISTVERSION}/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	High throughput library for compressed floating-point arrays
 WWW=		https://computing.llnl.gov/projects/zfp \
 		https://github.com/LLNL/zfp
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/scikit-build-cmake/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
+		${PY_SETUPTOOLS}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libzfp.so:devel/zfp
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
 
 USES=		cmake localbase:ldflags python
 USE_PYTHON=	cython flavors pytest
 
 WRKSRC_SUBDIR=	python
 
 TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/../tests/python
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 PLIST_FILES=	${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/zfpy${PYTHON_TAG}.so
 
 # tests fail to run, see https://github.com/LLNL/zfp/issues/251
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>