diff --git a/cmd/mbf/main.go b/cmd/mbf/main.go
index 705116f..23d233c 100644
--- a/cmd/mbf/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mbf/main.go
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ func main() {
 				p = rosa.Python
 			case "rsync":
 				p = rosa.Rsync
+			case "setuptools":
+				p = rosa.Setuptools
 			case "zlib":
 				p = rosa.Zlib
 
diff --git a/internal/rosa/all.go b/internal/rosa/all.go
index 4bc45a7..caf2179 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/all.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/all.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const (
 	PkgConfig
 	Python
 	Rsync
+	Setuptools
 	Zlib
 
 	// _presetEnd is the total number of presets and does not denote a preset.
diff --git a/internal/rosa/python.go b/internal/rosa/python.go
index fd1eca2..db56b49 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/python.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/python.go
@@ -63,3 +63,25 @@ make DESTDIR=/work install
 		)))
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Python] = Toolchain.newPython }
+
+func (t Toolchain) newSetuptools() pkg.Artifact {
+	const (
+		version  = "80.10.1"
+		checksum = "p3rlwEmy1krcUH1KabprQz1TCYjJ8ZUjOQknQsWh3q-XEqLGEd3P4VrCc7ouHGXU"
+	)
+	return t.New("setuptools-"+version, []pkg.Artifact{
+		t.Load(Python),
+	}, nil, nil, `
+pip3 install \
+	--no-index \
+	--prefix=/system \
+	--root=/work \
+	/usr/src/setuptools
+`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("setuptools"), true, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+		nil, "https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/archive/refs/tags/"+
+			"v"+version+".tar.gz",
+		mustDecode(checksum),
+		pkg.TarGzip,
+	)))
+}
+func init() { artifactsF[Setuptools] = Toolchain.newSetuptools }