diff --git a/cmake/docker/opensuse/python.Dockerfile b/cmake/docker/opensuse/python.Dockerfile
index c0f089acd3..95c1fdaa44 100644
--- a/cmake/docker/opensuse/python.Dockerfile
+++ b/cmake/docker/opensuse/python.Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM ortools/cmake:opensuse_swig AS env
 ENV PATH=/root/.local/bin:$PATH
 RUN zypper refresh \
 && zypper install -y python311 python311-devel \
- python311-pip python311-wheel python311-virtualenv \
+ python311-pip python311-wheel python311-virtualenv python311-setuptools \
 && zypper clean -a
 RUN python3.11 -m pip install --break-system-packages \
  absl-py mypy mypy-protobuf