diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-picklefield/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-picklefield/default.nix
index 683c0bc0cebc..4bcd767bd63d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-picklefield/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-picklefield/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, django }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "django-picklefield";
   version = "2.0";
 
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "f1733a8db1b6046c0d7d738e785f9875aa3c198215de11993463a9339aa4ea24";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ django ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "A pickled object field for Django";
     homepage = https://github.com/gintas/django-picklefield;
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
   };
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "f1733a8db1b6046c0d7d738e785f9875aa3c198215de11993463a9339aa4ea24";
-  };
 }