diff --git a/python-libNeuroML.spec b/python-libNeuroML.spec
index da97960..91c710c 100644
--- a/python-libNeuroML.spec
+++ b/python-libNeuroML.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ http://readthedocs.org/docs/libneuroml/en/latest/
 
 Name:           python-%{srcname}
 Version:        0.2.50
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Python libNeuroML for working with neuronal models specified in NeuroML
 
 License:        BSD
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist tables}
 BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist jsonpickle}
 BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist pymongo}
 BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist sphinx}
+BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist setuptools}
 Requires:  %{py3_dist lxml}
 Requires:  %{py3_dist numpy}
 Requires:  %{py3_dist tables}
@@ -89,6 +90,9 @@ nosetests-3
 %doc neuroml/examples doc/_build/html/
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 25 2020 Ankur Sinha <ankursinha AT fedoraproject DOT org> - 0.2.50-2
+- Explicitly BR setuptools
+
 * Sun Jun 07 2020 Ankur Sinha <ankursinha AT fedoraproject DOT org> - 0.2.50-1
 - Update to 0.2.50