diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ecb7f502ca92ba0417873f50383089485e415926..54cbf9841fb123d52ad9129b8bdf06445b1429c1 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ setup_args = dict(
     },
 
     include_package_data = True,
-    zip_safe = True,
+    zip_safe = False,
 )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":