diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0aaec84932808e55c8049bc5860af65e6649a21e..29b84572b09f429761f9d9862e33f4e0836889c0 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