diff --git a/Formula/e/esphome.rb b/Formula/e/esphome.rb
index 155d120e7f6f..06ee9dc91c6a 100644
--- a/Formula/e/esphome.rb
+++ b/Formula/e/esphome.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class Esphome < Formula
   depends_on "cryptography"
   depends_on "libmagic"
   depends_on "libyaml"
+  depends_on "python-setuptools"
   depends_on "python@3.12"
 
   uses_from_macos "libffi"