diff --git a/ftp/py-aioftp/Makefile b/ftp/py-aioftp/Makefile
index b757c85e4ebf4..209db330d2cb9 100644
--- a/ftp/py-aioftp/Makefile
+++ b/ftp/py-aioftp/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ WWW=		https://pypi.org/project/aioftp/ \
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/license.txt
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}siosocks>=0:net/py-siosocks@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-asyncio>=0:devel/py-pytest-asyncio@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>=0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR} \