diff --git a/devel/py-fastnumbers/Makefile b/devel/py-fastnumbers/Makefile
index 16c4a201c294..238eddee0d10 100644
--- a/devel/py-fastnumbers/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-fastnumbers/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	fastnumbers
 DISTVERSION=	5.0.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Super-fast and clean conversions to numbers
 WWW=		https://github.com/SethMMorton/fastnumbers
 
 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}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hypothesis>0:devel/py-hypothesis@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.5+
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/fastnumbers/fastnumbers*.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>