diff --git a/science/py-pymatgen/Makefile b/science/py-pymatgen/Makefile
index 8316e6695883..33b459c57ce1 100644
--- a/science/py-pymatgen/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-pymatgen/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ WWW=		https://pymatgen.org/ \
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}beautifulsoup>0:www/py-beautifulsoup@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}joblib>=1:devel/py-joblib@${PY_FLAVOR} \