diff --git a/External/pyAMI/CMakeLists.txt b/External/pyAMI/CMakeLists.txt
index 4fc2d2aa0421158921a6d02ce1db65971e6111e2..a44ea1e74dae9223f24ad942f75d0954dd93b5ef 100644
--- a/External/pyAMI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/External/pyAMI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ function( _setup_python_package name file md5 )
 
    # Make the package target depend on this one:
    add_dependencies( Package_pyAMI ${name} )
+   add_dependencies( ${name} distribute )
 
    # Get the package directory:
    atlas_get_package_dir( pkgDir )