diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4d43092..1491cb2 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ this offering, while limited, is as follows:
 - CentOS 7
 - Debian 9
 - Ubuntu 16.04
+- Ubuntu 18.04
 
 Installing the Python 3 packages for Salt is done via the ``-x`` option:
 
diff --git a/bootstrap-salt.sh b/bootstrap-salt.sh
index 2e0789e..27d77b5 100755
--- a/bootstrap-salt.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-salt.sh
@@ -2774,6 +2774,8 @@ install_ubuntu_git_deps() {
 
         if [ -n "$_PY_EXE" ] && [ "$_PY_MAJOR_VERSION" -eq 3 ]; then
             PY_PKG_VER=3
+
+            __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} python3-setuptools"
         else
             PY_PKG_VER=""