diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/pypi2nix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/pypi2nix/default.nix
index 6a709cf8f9b1b2..7475abc6457386 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/pypi2nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/pypi2nix/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     requests
   ];
   buildInputs = [
-    pythonPackages.python pythonPackages.flake8
+    pythonPackages.python pythonPackages.flake8 pythonPackages.setuptools
     zip makeWrapper nix.out nix-prefetch-git nix-prefetch-hg
   ];