diff --git a/sysutils/podman-compose/Makefile b/sysutils/podman-compose/Makefile
index 88f0fa6a6527..5e4882e26815 100644
--- a/sysutils/podman-compose/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/podman-compose/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>=0:devel/py-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}python-dotenv>=0:www/py-python-dotenv@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>=0:devel/py-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}python-dotenv>=0:www/py-python-dotenv@${PY_FLAVOR}