diff --git a/srcpkgs/libplist/template b/srcpkgs/libplist/template
index ad6275bdf8..3d6f2332e1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libplist/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libplist/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=2.0.0
 revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config python-devel python-Cython"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config python-devel python-Cython python-setuptools"
 makedepends="python-devel libglib-devel libxml2-devel"
 short_desc="Apple Property List library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"