diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 618cb0a16d..ab15111f03 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ whereto>=0.3.0  # Apache-2.0
 mwclient==0.8.1
 yamlordereddictloader
 ruamel.yaml>=0.15
+setuptools