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diff --git a/pkg_resources.py b/pkg_resources.py
index 31d83554..96381932 100644
--- a/pkg_resources.py
+++ b/pkg_resources.py
@@ -2253,7 +2253,11 @@ class Distribution(object):
loc = loc or self.location
if self.project_name == 'setuptools':
- if '0.7' in self.version:
+ try:
+ version = self.version
+ except ValueError:
+ version = ''
+ if '0.7' in version:
raise ValueError(
"A 0.7-series setuptools cannot be installed "
"with distribute")