diff --git a/poetry/masonry/builders/sdist.py b/poetry/masonry/builders/sdist.py
index 268f8f5c6f8..ec6b685d17b 100644
--- a/poetry/masonry/builders/sdist.py
+++ b/poetry/masonry/builders/sdist.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 SETUP = """\
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 {before}
 setup_kwargs = {{