diff --git a/science/py-scikit-fuzzy/Makefile b/science/py-scikit-fuzzy/Makefile
index a615aef102aa..e6fcb0ff80c4 100644
--- a/science/py-scikit-fuzzy/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-scikit-fuzzy/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR}
 		${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}networkx>=1.9:math/py-networkx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=0.9:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PY_DEPENDS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}