diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b908cbe..1888b45 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import pkg_resources
 import setuptools
 
+pkg_resources.require('setuptools>=40.6')
 setuptools.setup()