diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 91932dd..04496b3 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name='wagtail-modeltranslation',