--- lib/Crypto/SelfTest/PublicKey/test_DSA.py
+++ lib/Crypto/SelfTest/PublicKey/test_DSA.py
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ def get_tests(config={}):
         from Crypto.PublicKey import _fastmath
         tests += list_test_cases(DSAFastMathTest)
     except ImportError:
-        from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_var
+        from sysconfig import get_config_var
         import inspect
         _fm_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(
             inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))
--- lib/Crypto/SelfTest/PublicKey/test_RSA.py
+++ lib/Crypto/SelfTest/PublicKey/test_RSA.py
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ def get_tests(config={}):
         from Crypto.PublicKey import _fastmath
         tests += list_test_cases(RSAFastMathTest)
     except ImportError:
-        from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_var
+        from sysconfig import get_config_var
         import inspect
         _fm_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(
             inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))
--- lib/Crypto/Util/number.py
+++ lib/Crypto/Util/number.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ except ImportError:
     # see an exception raised if _fastmath exists but cannot be imported,
     # uncomment the below
     #
-    # from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_var
+    # from sysconfig import get_config_var
     # import inspect, os
     # _fm_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(
         # inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))
--- setup.py
+++ setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 #
-#  setup.py : Distutils setup script
+#  setup.py : setuptools setup script
 #
 #  Part of the Python Cryptography Toolkit
 #
@@ -36,11 +36,10 @@
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-from distutils import core
-from distutils.ccompiler import new_compiler
-from distutils.core import Extension, Command
-from distutils.command.build import build
-from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
+from setuptools import setup
+from setuptools.command.build_ext import new_compiler
+from setuptools import Extension, Command
+from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
 import os, sys, re
 import struct
 
@@ -53,8 +52,7 @@ if sys.version[0:1] != '3':
 # .gcov files
 USE_GCOV = 0
 
-
-from distutils.command.build_py import build_py
+from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py
 
 # Work around the print / print() issue with Python 2.x and 3.x. We only need
 # to print at one point of the code, which makes this easy
@@ -385,7 +383,7 @@ kw = {'name':"pycrypto",
     ]
 }
 
-core.setup(**kw)
+setup(**kw)
 
 def touch(path):
     import os, time