diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 33f7c28d04cce9169245c6ea1b1f1d0316b9926b..1a50d3b61806249a43e0f35a376572ffa8266223 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import shutil
 from distutils.command.clean import clean as Clean
 from pkg_resources import parse_version
 import traceback
+import subprocess
 
 if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
     import __builtin__ as builtins