var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-appdirs/setuptools-import.patch


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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ccd1e72..5d907aa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import os.path
-from setuptools import setup
+# appdirs is a dependency of setuptools, so allow installing without it.
+try:
+    from setuptools import setup
+except ImportError:
+    from distutils.core import setup
 import appdirs

 tests_require = []