diff --git a/ftp/py-aioftp/Makefile b/ftp/py-aioftp/Makefile
index b757c85e4ebf..209db330d2cb 100644
--- a/ftp/py-aioftp/Makefile
+++ b/ftp/py-aioftp/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	aioftp
 PORTVERSION=	0.22.3
 CATEGORIES=	ftp python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	FTP client/server for asyncio
 WWW=		https://pypi.org/project/aioftp/ \
 		https://aioftp.readthedocs.io/ \
 		https://github.com/aio-libs/aioftp
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/license.txt
 
-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=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}siosocks>=0:net/py-siosocks@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-asyncio>=0:devel/py-pytest-asyncio@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>=0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}trustme>=0:security/py-trustme@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}async_timeout>0:devel/py-async_timeout@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}idna>0:dns/py-idna@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>