setup.py: if possible, use setuptools

This helps to build wheels

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c9a09db..6701f9e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,12 +35,15 @@
 # ===================================================================
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
-
-from distutils import core
+try:
+    import setuptools as core
+except ImportError:
+    from distutils import core
 from distutils.ccompiler import new_compiler
 from distutils.core import Extension, Command
 from distutils.command.build import build
 from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
+
 import os, sys, re
 import struct