1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f0cf5e8..a1bfd42 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@
 # which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
-from setuptools import setup
+import setuptools
 
 __author__ = 'spisarski'
+# In python < 2.7.4, a lazy loading of package `pbr` will break
+# setuptools if some other modules registered functions in `atexit`.
+# solution from: http://bugs.python.org/issue15881#msg170215
+try:
+    import multiprocessing  # noqa
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 
-setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.9', 'setuptools>=17.1'],
-    pbr=True,
-)
+setuptools.setup(
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=2.0.0'],
+    pbr=True)