1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/SetupConfig.py b/SetupConfig.py
index 510d262..f0504c8 100644
--- a/SetupConfig.py
+++ b/SetupConfig.py
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ scripts = ['bin/cheetah-compile',
            ]
 data_files = ['recursive: src *.tmpl *.txt LICENSE README TODO CHANGES',
               ]
-
-try:
-    from setuptools import setup
-    install_requires = [
-            "Markdown >= 2.0.1",
-    ]
-except ImportError:
-    print 'Not using setuptools, so we cannot install the Markdown dependency'
+if not os.getenv('CHEETAH_INSTALL_WITHOUT_SETUPTOOLS'):
+    try:
+        from setuptools import setup
+        install_requires = [
+                "Markdown >= 2.0.1",
+        ]
+    except ImportError:
+        print 'Not using setuptools, so we cannot install the Markdown dependency'
 
 
 description = "Cheetah is a template engine and code generation tool."