diff --git a/libftdi/PKGBUILD b/libftdi/PKGBUILD
index 7bad9c3f8f..c2f886c498 100644
--- a/libftdi/PKGBUILD
+++ b/libftdi/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 
 pkgname=libftdi
 pkgver=1.5
-pkgrel=5
+pkgrel=6
 pkgdesc="A library to talk to FTDI chips, optional python bindings."
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc riscv64)
 url="https://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi/download.php"
 license=('GPL2' 'LGPL2.1')
 depends=('libusb' 'confuse')
 optdepends=('python: library bindings')
-makedepends=('boost' 'cmake' 'python' 'swig')
+makedepends=('boost' 'cmake' 'python' 'swig' 'python-setuptools')
 # doxygen for docs, confuse for eeprom
 source=(https://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi/download/${pkgname}1-$pkgver.tar.bz2{,.sig}
         fix_includes_path.patch)