diff --git a/lib/cpy_distutils.py b/lib/cpy_distutils.py
index e1dc75bb..d4b6885a 100644
--- a/lib/cpy_distutils.py
+++ b/lib/cpy_distutils.py
@@ -24,9 +24,18 @@
 """Implements the DistUtils command 'build_ext'
 """
 
-from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
-from distutils.command.install import install
-from distutils.command.install_lib import install_lib
+# Setuptools is the default choice for package management
+#  and pip uses it to build it. Moreover bare
+#  distutils doesn't implement uninstalling.
+try:
+    from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
+    from setuptools.command.install import install
+    from setuptools.command.install_lib import install_lib
+except ImportError:
+    from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
+    from distutils.command.install import install
+    from distutils.command.install_lib import install_lib
+
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsExecError
 from distutils.util import get_platform
 from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree