diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 3ad528f..2060339 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ virtualenv --no-site-packages --distribute virtualenv
 # avoid pip bugs
 ./virtualenv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
 
+# work-around change in pip 1.5
+./virtualenv/bin/pip install setuptools --no-use-wheel --upgrade
+
 ./virtualenv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # forbid setuptools from using the network because it'll try to use