diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b9bd15b..534a9f1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ help:
 
 # Install with pip
 install:
+	pip install -U setuptools pip
 	pip install .
 
 # Downloads the pre-trained models from qurator-data.de