diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7ad77c5c21f..c3d286d660e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -765,6 +765,7 @@ class SaltDistribution(distutils.dist.Distribution):
             'zmq.core.*',
             'zmq.utils.*',
             'ast',
+            'csv',
             'difflib',
             'distutils',
             'distutils.version',