diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dd77c380c..fa3b5c814 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def get_version():
     "dev": [
         "absl-py",
         "black",
+        "distutils",
         "nose2",
         "pandas",
         "pytype",