diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b850039ffb..ae80ae99fd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ six>=1.9.0 # MIT
 oslo.config>=3.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 graphviz>=0.4.0 # MIT License
 beautifulsoup4 # MIT
-setuptools>=16.0 # PSF/ZPL
+setuptools!=24.0.0,>=16.0 # PSF/ZPL
 pycrypto>=2.6 # Public Domain