diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index f83ec831..af36c091 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        sudo apt-get install fontforge python-fontforge ttfautohint -y
+        sudo apt-get install fontforge python-fontforge python3-setuptools ttfautohint -y
         sudo pip3 install fonttools
         sudo pip3 install git+https://github.com/googlefonts/gftools
     - name: Checkout