diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b9cd3b0..b5bfed7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Architecture: all
 Provides: ifupdown
 Conflicts: ifupdown
 Replaces: ifupdown
-Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, iproute2
+Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, iproute2, python3-setuptools
 Suggests: isc-dhcp-client, bridge-utils, ethtool, python3-gvgen, python3-mako
 Description: Network Interface Management tool similar to ifupdown
  ifupdown2 is ifupdown re-written in Python. It replaces ifupdown and provides
diff --git a/ifupdown2/addons/address.py b/ifupdown2/addons/address.py
index fc7702f..1ea4df6 100644
--- a/ifupdown2/addons/address.py
+++ b/ifupdown2/addons/address.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import json
 import time
 import subprocess
 
-from distutils.util import strtobool
+from setuptools.dist import strtobool
 
 try:
     from ifupdown2.lib.addon import AddonWithIpBlackList