diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/groestlcoin_hash/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/groestlcoin_hash/__init__.py
index 62344f0034..4516055d50 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/groestlcoin_hash/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/groestlcoin_hash/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 class GroestlcoinHashRecipe(CythonRecipe):
     version = '1.0.1'
     url = 'https://github.com/Groestlcoin/groestlcoin-hash-python/archive/{version}.tar.gz'
-    depends = []
+    depends = ['setuptools']
     cythonize = False