diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 469c8707c98034a551fabe4242fc4d6372740a68..63f0ca84d5967405b166dda1168abece6f87cd67 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ requirements:
     - pyyaml
     - affine
     - networkx
+    - setuptools  #[win]
   run:
     - python
     - setuptools