diff --git a/srcpkgs/dtrx/template b/srcpkgs/dtrx/template
index c861a37769c..6ad9f30753d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dtrx/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dtrx/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=python-module
 pycompile_module="dtrx"
-makedepends="python"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
 depends="python"
 short_desc="Tool that takes all the hassle out of extracting archives"
 maintainer="Logen K <logen@sudotask.com>"