diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ed3cbf2b..860ed326 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-import pip
+import pkg_resources
 import sys
 import os
 
-if int(pip.__version__.split('.')[0]) < 6:
+if int(pkg_resources.get_distribution("pip").version.split('.')[0]) < 6:
     print('pip older than 6.0 not supported, please upgrade pip with:\n\n'
           '    pip install -U pip')
     sys.exit(-1)