diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix
index 3a6024e09a8b..6e8794103bc2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ python.stdenv.mkDerivation (attrs // {
 
   buildInputs = [ python wrapPython setuptools ] ++ buildInputs ++ pythonPath;
 
+  buildInputStrings = map toString buildInputs;
+
   pythonPath = [ setuptools] ++ pythonPath;
 
   # XXX: Should we run `easy_install --always-unzip'?  It doesn't seem
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ python.stdenv.mkDerivation (attrs // {
   postFixup =
     ''
       wrapPythonPrograms
-    
+
       # If a user installs a Python package, she probably also wants its
       # dependencies in the user environment (since Python modules don't
       # have something like an RPATH, so the only way to find the
@@ -84,5 +86,12 @@ python.stdenv.mkDerivation (attrs // {
       if test -e $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs; then
           ln -s $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs $out/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages
       fi
+
+      createBuildInputsPth build-inputs "$buildInputStrings"
+      for inputsfile in propagated-build-inputs propagated-build-native-inputs; do
+        if test -e $out/nix-support/$inputsfile; then
+            createBuildInputsPth $inputsfile "$(cat $out/nix-support/$inputsfile)"
+        fi
+      done
     '';
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/wrap.sh b/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/wrap.sh
index 65f3229ca7c4..7cc728491900 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/wrap.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/wrap.sh
@@ -45,3 +45,15 @@ _addToPythonPath() {
         done
     fi
 }
+
+createBuildInputsPth() {
+    local category="$1"
+    local inputs="$2"
+    if [ foo"$inputs" != foo ]; then
+        for x in $inputs; do
+            if test -d "$x"/lib/@libPrefix@/site-packages; then
+                echo $x >> "$out"/lib/@libPrefix@/site-packages/${name}-nix-python-$category.pth
+            fi
+        done
+    fi
+}