diff -up MDAnalysis-0.17.0/setup.cfg.cython MDAnalysis-0.17.0/setup.cfg
--- MDAnalysis-0.17.0/setup.cfg.cython 2018-01-25 13:05:02.000000001 +0100
+++ MDAnalysis-0.17.0/setup.cfg 2018-03-12 21:57:13.103240022 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
[options]
+use_cython = 1
[wheel]
universal = 1