diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 40559523..2750dbca 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ test =
     pytest-benchmark
     pytest-mock
     typing_extensions;python_version<'3.8'
+    setuptools
 
 optional =
     Sphinx