diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e8409285..bbba1c32 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ What's new in psycopg 2.4.7
 ---------------------------
 
   - Properly cleanup memory of broken connections (ticket #142).
+  - Fixed bad interaction of setup.py with other dependencies in
+    Distribute project on Python 3 (ticket #153).
 
 
 What's new in psycopg 2.4.6
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 923e3cd8..33099c21 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -55,14 +55,18 @@ from distutils.ccompiler import get_default_compiler
 from distutils.util import get_platform
 
 try:
-    from distutils.command.build_py import build_py_2to3 as build_py
+    from distutils.command.build_py import build_py_2to3
 except ImportError:
     from distutils.command.build_py import build_py
 else:
+    class build_py(build_py_2to3):
+        # workaround subclass for ticket #153
+        pass
+
     # Configure distutils to run our custom 2to3 fixers as well
     from lib2to3.refactor import get_fixers_from_package
-    build_py.fixer_names = get_fixers_from_package('lib2to3.fixes')
-    build_py.fixer_names.append('fix_b')
+    build_py.fixer_names = get_fixers_from_package('lib2to3.fixes') \
+        + [ 'fix_b' ]
     sys.path.insert(0, 'scripts')
 
 try: