diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index de786a4..0e80ab5 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ if 'setuptools' in sys.modules:
         setuptools_extra_args['use_2to3_exclude_fixers'] = [
                 'lib2to3.fixes.fix_except',
                 'lib2to3.fixes.fix_apply',
+                'lib2to3.fixes.fix_repr',
                 ]
         from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py
         setup_args['cmdclass'] = {'build_py': record_commit_info('IPython', build_cmd=build_py)}