diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/swiftclient/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/swiftclient/default.nix
index ae8e5cac68c0..788a64f928a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/swiftclient/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/swiftclient/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchPypi, requests, six, pbr }:
+{ lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchPypi, requests, six, pbr, setuptools }:
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "python-swiftclient";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     sha256 = "0sv6z72zdwzwdjng0djk3l2maryn9pz3khf69yq5ig2ycz8hh0qv";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests six pbr ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests six pbr setuptools ];
 
   # For the tests the following requirements are needed:
   # https://github.com/openstack/python-swiftclient/blob/master/test-requirements.txt