diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a423d5697702..63fdebe53532 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ docker-buildbot-master-ubuntu:
 
 .venv:
 		virtualenv .venv
-		.venv/bin/pip install -U pip
+		.venv/bin/pip install -U pip setuptools
 		.venv/bin/pip install -e pkg \
 			-e 'master[tls,test,docs]' \
 			-e 'worker[test]' \