diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d63ae762a..d2587a133 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ install_requires =
     # starlette. For more information, see:
     # https://github.com/posit-dev/py-shiny/issues/1114#issuecomment-1942757757
     python-multipart>=0.0.7;platform_system!="Emscripten"
+    setuptools;python_version>="3.12"
 tests_require =
     pytest>=3
 zip_safe = False