diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin.yml
index 64e5b60e7bc..6bd68712c9d 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ steps:
       set -e
       export npm_config_arch=$(VSCODE_ARCH)
       npm i -g node-gyp@9.4.0
+      python3 -m pip install setuptools
 
       for i in {1..5}; do # try 5 times
         yarn --frozen-lockfile --check-files && break