diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 1cf3deb42..507fbb2ba 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
     cx_Freeze==4.3.4
 commands =
+    {envpython} -m pip install -U setuptools
     {envpython} scripts/link_pyqt.py --tox {envdir}
     {envpython} scripts/dev/freeze.py {posargs}