diff --git a/aria/aria-rest-server/src/main/python/aria-rest/setup.py b/aria/aria-rest-server/src/main/python/aria-rest/setup.py
index 81beb0f..84e9a19 100644
--- a/aria/aria-rest-server/src/main/python/aria-rest/setup.py
+++ b/aria/aria-rest-server/src/main/python/aria-rest/setup.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     license='LICENSE',
     description='Aria REST API for ONAP',
     install_requires=[
+        'distribute',
         'Flask==0.12.2',
         'flask-autodoc==0.1.2',
         'apache-ariatosca==0.1.1'