diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-from distutils.core import setup
 from os.path import abspath, join, dirname
 
+try:
+    from setuptools import setup
+except ImportError:
+    from distutils.core import setup
+
+
 setup(
     name='ccm',
     version='1.1',
Use setuptools to run with install_requires