diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-Cython/template b/srcpkgs/python-Cython/template
index e4d2e865db..21b4fbb191 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-Cython/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-Cython/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.29
 revision=1
 wrksrc="Cython-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-hostmakedepends="python-devel python3-devel"
+hostmakedepends="python-devel python3-devel python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
 pycompile_module="Cython pyximport cython.py"
 short_desc="C-Extensions for Python2"