diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1ff4201..8a32eb8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 
+# TODO: Remove when https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/7953 is resolved
+import site, sys; site.ENABLE_USER_SITE = "--user" in sys.argv[1:]
+
+
 def scm_version():
     def local_scheme(version):
         if version.tag and not version.distance: