diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6f97ca1af..dd1419da8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 build
 *.pyc
+*.egg-info/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 617799ab6..13670ca9d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 
 setup(