diff --git a/build/manifestparser.py b/build/manifestparser.py
index 238faa98de88..baf2105c572b 100644
--- a/build/manifestparser.py
+++ b/build/manifestparser.py
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ import sys
 from fnmatch import fnmatch
 from optparse import OptionParser
 
-version = '0.5.2' # package version
+version = '0.5.3' # package version
 try:
     from setuptools import setup
-except ImportError:
+except:
     setup = None
 
 # we need relpath, but it is introduced in python 2.6