diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/1.9.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/1.9.nix
index 571a9446e116..b1253c65b338 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/1.9.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/1.9.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, astroid, six, isort,
   mccabe, configparser, backports_functools_lru_cache, singledispatch,
-  pytest, pytestrunner, pyenchant }:
+  pytest, pytestrunner, pyenchant, setuptools }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pylint";
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest pytestrunner pyenchant ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ astroid six isort mccabe configparser backports_functools_lru_cache singledispatch ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ astroid six isort mccabe configparser backports_functools_lru_cache singledispatch setuptools ];
 
   postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     # Remove broken darwin test