diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 42d7d8b0f..d9608f66d 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ debootstrap [platform:dpkg]
 qemu-img [platform:redhat]
 policycoreutils-python [platform:redhat]
 policycoreutils-python-utils [platform:fedora]
+# NOTE(cgoncalves): setuptools is required by python3-setools (a dependency of
+# policycoreutils-python) but is not in its RPM dependency list in Fedora 28.
+python3-setuptools [platform:fedora]
 
 # suse
 python-pyliblzma [platform:suse]