diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/confluent-kafka/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/confluent-kafka/default.nix
index 0638ea3a36d2..a0183e4595c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/confluent-kafka/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/confluent-kafka/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k, rdkafka, requests, avro3k, avro}:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k, rdkafka, requests, avro3k, avro, futures}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "0.11.5";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "bfb5807bfb5effd74f2cfe65e4e3e8564a9e72b25e099f655d8ad0d362a63b9f";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ rdkafka requests ] ++ (if isPy3k then [ avro3k ] else [ avro ]) ;
+  buildInputs = [ rdkafka requests ] ++ (if isPy3k then [ avro3k ] else [ avro futures ]) ;
 
   # Tests fail for python3 under this pypi release
   doCheck = if isPy3k then false else true;