diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/py3status/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/py3status/default.nix
index 21f1148ba6cc..8db3278bc4c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/py3status/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/py3status/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 , pydbus
 , pygobject3
 , pyserial
+, setuptools
 
 , file
 , acpi
@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   doCheck = false;
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pytz requests tzlocal i3ipc pydbus pygobject3 pyserial ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pytz requests tzlocal i3ipc pydbus pygobject3 pyserial setuptools
+  ];
   buildInputs = [ file ];
   prePatch = ''
     sed -i -e "s|'file|'${file}/bin/file|" py3status/parse_config.py