diff --git a/src/zfec/setup.py b/src/zfec/setup.py
index b16727033..7fb590dfc 100644
--- a/src/zfec/setup.py
+++ b/src/zfec/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
-from setuptools import Extension, setup
+from distutils.core import Extension, setup
 
 DEBUGMODE=False
 # DEBUGMODE=True