diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cbb0f5d..18a1a47 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-from setuptools import setup
+try:
+    from setuptools import setup
+except ImportError:
+    from distutils.core import setup
 
 setup(
     name='contextlib2',