diff --git a/book/src/installation_windows.md b/book/src/installation_windows.md
index 1b1a8a33b8f8..8acb9b2cf4f9 100644
--- a/book/src/installation_windows.md
+++ b/book/src/installation_windows.md
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ git clone https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg.git --depth 1
 :: Make sure that cmd finds pkg-config-lite when searching for pkg-config
 where pkg-config
 
+:: Make sure that setuptools is available. 
+pip install setuptools
+
 cd gtk
 meson setup builddir --prefix=C:/gnome -Dbuild-tests=false -Dmedia-gstreamer=disabled
 meson install -C builddir