diff --git a/package/supervisor/Config.in b/package/supervisor/Config.in
index c511dd8705..2ab0e048f6 100644
--- a/package/supervisor/Config.in
+++ b/package/supervisor/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SUPERVISOR
 	bool "supervisor"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MELD3
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS # runtime dependency
 	help
 	  A client/server system that allows its users to control a
 	  number of processes on UNIX-like operating systems.