1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index accfd18f..af99b59b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
+# Setuptools has to be imported before distutils, or things break.
 from setuptools import setup
-from distutils.core import Extension                # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module, import-error
-from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext   # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module, import-error
-from distutils import errors                        # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
+from distutils.core import Extension                # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module, import-error, wrong-import-order
+from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext   # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module, import-error, wrong-import-order
+from distutils import errors                        # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module, wrong-import-order
+
 
 # Get or massage our metadata.  We exec coverage/version.py so we can avoid
 # importing the product code into setup.py.