diff --git a/py-smbus/setup.py b/py-smbus/setup.py
index 28a4500..26db33a 100644
--- a/py-smbus/setup.py
+++ b/py-smbus/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-from distutils.core import setup, Extension
+from setuptools import setup, Extension
 
 setup(	name="smbus",
 	version="1.1",