diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 61a2ba6..67d440d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 7.1 (unreleased)
 ================
 
+- Fix imports in ``setup.py``.
+  (`#71 <https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.i18nmessageid/issues/61>`_)
 
 7.0 (2024-09-17)
 ================
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c3d75cd..ea69dd2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,16 +22,22 @@
 import os
 import platform
 import sys
-from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
-from distutils.errors import CCompilerError
-from distutils.errors import DistutilsExecError
-from distutils.errors import DistutilsPlatformError
 
 from setuptools import Extension
 from setuptools import find_packages
 from setuptools import setup
 
 
+# isort: off
+# See https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.i18nmessageid/issues/61
+
+from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
+from distutils.errors import CCompilerError
+from distutils.errors import DistutilsExecError
+from distutils.errors import DistutilsPlatformError
+
+# isort: on
+
 py_impl = getattr(platform, 'python_implementation', lambda: None)
 is_pypy = py_impl() == 'PyPy'
 is_jython = 'java' in sys.platform