diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-setuptools.inc b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-setuptools.inc
index 357aa07..f49e078 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-setuptools.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-setuptools.inc
@@ -37,3 +37,14 @@
 }
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+
+# The pkg-resources module can be used by itself, without the package downloader
+# and easy_install. Ship it in a separate package so that it can be used by
+# minimal distributions.
+PACKAGES =+ "${PYTHON_PN}-pkg-resources "
+FILES_${PYTHON_PN}-pkg-resources = "${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/pkg_resources/*"
+# Due to the way OE-Core implemented native recipes, the native class cannot
+# have a dependency on something that is not a recipe name. Work around that by
+# manually setting RPROVIDES.
+RDEPENDS_${PN}_append = " ${PYTHON_PN}-pkg-resources"
+RPROVIDES_append_class-native = " ${PYTHON_PN}-pkg-resources-native"