diff --git a/requirements.debian b/requirements.debian
index 3fbaf4f..d88c6e5 100644
--- a/requirements.debian
+++ b/requirements.debian
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ DEBRELEASE=$(lsb_release -cs)
 case $DEBRELEASE in
   "trixie")
 	echo "Trixie detected"
-	apt-get -y install libgirepository-2.0-dev 
+	# python3-setuptools needed,  python >= 3.12 has no stdlib distutils module
+	apt-get -y install libgirepository-2.0-dev python3-setuptools
 	;;
   "bookworm")
 	echo "Bookworm detected"