diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-puremagic/template b/srcpkgs/python3-puremagic/template
index 79775981c33..e1d5e656b30 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-puremagic/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-puremagic/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.11
 revision=1
 wrksrc="puremagic-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3"
 short_desc="Python module to identify files based off their magic numbers"
 maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"