diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c69328d..aac0a00 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-from distutils.core import setup
+try:
+    from setuptools import setup
+except ImportError:
+    from distutils.core import setup
 
 README = open('README').read()