diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7890fe6..096ca81 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixes
 - fixed fetch_adk_transitions_DIMS() failed to fetch (#19)
 - added six to install requirements (#22)
+- added setuptools to install requirements (#23)
 
 ### Changes
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index abe9fae..f6970dd 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
           packages=find_packages(),
           package_dir={'MDAnalysisData': 'MDAnalysisData'},
           package_data={'MDAnalysisData': ['descr/*.rst']},
-          install_requires=['six'],
+          install_requires=['six',
+                            'setuptools',
+          ],
           zip_safe=True,
     )