diff --git a/python/setup.py.in b/python/setup.py.in
index 5287131d00eaa339a8aa6ee982b350024f15315e..8504ecc10b39cc54175d72527bf4365f218b8647 100644
--- a/python/setup.py.in
+++ b/python/setup.py.in
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
+REQUIRED_PACKAGES = '${RequiredPythonModules}'.replace(';',' ').split(' ')
+
 setup(
     name="${ProjectName}",
     description="${ProjectDescription}",
@@ -9,5 +11,6 @@ setup(
     packages=["dumux"],
     zip_safe=0,
     package_data={"": ["*.so"]},
-    install_requires="${ProjectPythonRequires}".split(" "),
+    install_requires=REQUIRED_PACKAGES,
+    include_package_data=True,
 )