diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 92fa20533b0e335fd2ff0ad7989a4db43b141d4d..c31b96cae95caca7fa60c41b0e2f7cce2750e03b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ setup(
     # This line is required for any distutils based packaging.
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
-    zip_safe=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