diff --git a/python-pip/.signature b/python-pip/.signature
index 28942c59d..31a7be5d4 100644
--- a/python-pip/.signature
+++ b/python-pip/.signature
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/opt.pub
-RWSE3ohX2g5d/QeTykUsohsmCCSbug0RZcdmrZreiWsWMdJk6Fb0VSZV1vV2U/sNLUvA1/JxGGJyN5c0H9aWnK0GVAuDkC4Q/wE=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 6754d83b3d52df5ebd00bbcefea3f8b2c043277cc6e7d2b16e9f4ce35fdfbac6
+RWSE3ohX2g5d/fgs7iWAW2+oiPP9yEwiopGFrk5NZw1zyd6jVyQQLMK1RgJOHOFmNHL3cdnKh1bcun5G0PqjbtjO3ovcUnAoDwU=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = daf46700a4246e0aad3411a615aae541bbf75d3ec81c175e4400ebaea7722b34
 SHA256 (.footprint) = 68e3f8b79ae638f90eca3ba9b35241ef5512609214da93803c3ade8e8efc76a3
 SHA256 (pip-9.0.1.tar.gz) = 09f243e1a7b461f654c26a725fa373211bb7ff17a9300058b205c61658ca940d
 SHA256 (get-pip.py) = 19dae841a150c86e2a09d475b5eb0602861f2a5b7761ec268049a662dbd2bd0c
diff --git a/python-pip/Pkgfile b/python-pip/Pkgfile
index 1013a87a9..c5f018ec9 100644
--- a/python-pip/Pkgfile
+++ b/python-pip/Pkgfile
@@ -5,13 +5,19 @@
 
 name=python-pip
 version=9.0.1
-release=2
+release=3
 source=(https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/${name:7:1}/${name#*-}/${name#*-}-$version.tar.gz
 	https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py)
 
 build() {
 	cd ${name#*-}-$version
 
+	if [ "$(pkginfo -i | egrep -c '^python-(setuptools|appdirs|pyparsing|six|packaging) ')" != 5 ]; then
+		printf "\e[031mWarning: $name now requires python-setuptools to function and can not be added,
+as a dependency to $name as this will cause a cyclic dependency loop.
+Please prt-get depinst python-setuptools to use $name.\033[0m\n"
+	fi
+
 	if [ "$(pkginfo -i | egrep -c '^python-(setuptools|appdirs|pyparsing|six|pip|packaging) ')" != 6 ]; then
 		install -d build
 		sed -i 's/"--upgrade"/"--upgrade", "--upgrade-strategy", "only-if-needed"/' $SRC/get-pip.py
diff --git a/python-pip/README b/python-pip/README
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08b127c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-pip/README
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+python-pip now requires python-setuptools to function and can not be added,
+as a dependency to python-pip as this will cause a cyclic dependency loop.
+Please prt-get depinst python-setuptools to use python-pip.