diff --git a/bootstrap-salt.sh b/bootstrap-salt.sh
index 4570f78..a6adb33 100644
--- a/bootstrap-salt.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-salt.sh
@@ -4217,6 +4217,14 @@ install_centos_stable_deps() {
                 __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} PyYAML"
             fi
         fi
+    else
+      if [ -n "$_PY_EXE" ] && [ "$_PY_MAJOR_VERSION" -eq 3 ]; then
+        if [ "$DISTRO_MAJOR_VERSION" -ge 8 ]; then
+            __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} python3-setuptools"
+        else
+            __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} python36-setuptools"
+        fi
+      fi
     fi
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086