diff --git a/examples/sys_path.py b/examples/sys_path.py
index d8f6fd5..c19445a 100644
--- a/examples/sys_path.py
+++ b/examples/sys_path.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Embed the viv.py on the sys.path at runtime rather than using PYTHONPATH
 __import__("sys").path.append(
     __import__("os").path.expanduser("~/.local/share/viv")
 )  # noqa # isort: off
-__import__("viv").use("pyfiglet")  # noqa # isort: off
+__import__("viv").use("pyfiglet", "setuptools")  # noqa # isort: off
+# pyfiglet requires pkg_resources which is part of setuptools
 
 import sys