diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7166cb19..6a1605af 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.16
 FROM alpine:${ALPINE_VERSION} AS builder
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache git python3 python3-dev py3-pip build-base
+RUN apk add --no-cache git python3 python3-dev py3-pip py3-setuptools build-base
 
 # set pip's cache directory using this environment variable, and use
 # ARG instead of ENV to ensure its only set when the image is built