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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/setup.py b/src/setup.py
index 82061c6..dbe2743 100644
--- a/src/setup.py
+++ b/src/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""Setup script for the pyparsing module distribution."""
-from setuptools import setup
+
+# Setuptools depends on pyparsing (via packaging) as of version 34, so allow
+# installing without it to avoid bootstrap problems.
+try:
+ from setuptools import setup
+except ImportError:
+ from distutils.core import setup
import sys
import os