diff --git a/build/fbcode_builder/manifests/python-setuptools b/build/fbcode_builder/manifests/python-setuptools
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ca2e1e498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/fbcode_builder/manifests/python-setuptools
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[manifest]
+name = python-setuptools
+
+[download]
+url = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c0/7a/3da654f49c95d0cc6e9549a855b5818e66a917e852ec608e77550c8dc08b/setuptools-69.1.1-py3-none-any.whl
+sha256 = 02fa291a0471b3a18b2b2481ed902af520c69e8ae0919c13da936542754b4c56
+
+[build]
+builder = python-wheel
diff --git a/build/fbcode_builder/manifests/watchman b/build/fbcode_builder/manifests/watchman
index b733a0c09c..31596bc938 100644
--- a/build/fbcode_builder/manifests/watchman
+++ b/build/fbcode_builder/manifests/watchman
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ fbthrift
 folly
 pcre2
 googletest
+python-setuptools
 
 [dependencies.fbsource=on]
 rust