diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index df8667524c0b439cfbb1031e50578cf30ec5d1af..e7f2b2133a1ff8ab1e38e49fdc12a82e3aecddad 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ setup(
     # This line is required for any distutils based packaging.
     packages = find_packages(),
     include_package_data = True,
+    zip_safe=False,
 
     # This line defines which packages should be installed when you "install"
     # this package. All packages that are mentioned here, but are not installed