diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_api_core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_api_core/default.nix
index 5cb027eef46..c96230bcf18 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_api_core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_api_core/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder
-, google_auth, protobuf, googleapis_common_protos, requests, grpcio, futures, mock, pytest }:
+, google_auth, protobuf, googleapis_common_protos, requests, setuptools, grpcio, futures, mock, pytest }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "google-api-core";
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     googleapis_common_protos protobuf
-    google_auth requests grpcio
+    google_auth requests setuptools grpcio
   ] ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.2") futures;
   checkInputs = [ mock pytest ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_auth/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_auth/default.nix
index 315d4756e0d..01797673fba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_auth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_auth/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchpatch, fetchPypi
-, pytest, mock, oauth2client, flask, requests, urllib3, pytest-localserver, six, pyasn1-modules, cachetools, rsa }:
+, pytest, mock, oauth2client, flask, requests, setuptools, urllib3, pytest-localserver, six, pyasn1-modules, cachetools, rsa }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "google-auth";
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest mock oauth2client flask requests urllib3 pytest-localserver ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six pyasn1-modules cachetools rsa ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six pyasn1-modules cachetools rsa setuptools ];
 
   # The removed test tests the working together of google_auth and google's https://pypi.python.org/pypi/oauth2client
   # but the latter is deprecated. Since it is not currently part of the nixpkgs collection and deprecated it will
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_cloud_core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_cloud_core/default.nix
index c57433a3ebd..3aafa3e2687 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_cloud_core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_cloud_core/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
-, google_api_core, grpcio, pytest, mock }:
+, google_api_core, grpcio, pytest, mock, setuptools }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "google-cloud-core";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "d85b1aaaf3bad9415ad1d8ee5eadce96d7007a82f13ce0a0629a003a11e83f29";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ google_api_core grpcio ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ google_api_core grpcio setuptools ];
   checkInputs = [ pytest mock ];
 
   checkPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_cloud_storage/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_cloud_storage/default.nix
index efb0c6aacd8..bdd9049e7d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_cloud_storage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_cloud_storage/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 , google_cloud_core
 , pytest
 , mock
+, setuptools
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -17,8 +18,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "8032e576e2f91a1d3de2355118040c3bcd9916e0453a6b3f64c1b42ed151690a";
   };
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    google_resumable_media
+    google_api_core
+    google_cloud_core
+    setuptools
+  ];
   checkInputs = [ pytest mock ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ google_resumable_media google_api_core google_cloud_core ];
 
   checkPhase = ''
    pytest tests/unit
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_resumable_media/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_resumable_media/default.nix
index 096f93b017f..afc1a43660f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_resumable_media/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_resumable_media/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , fetchPypi
 , six
 , requests
+, setuptools
 , pytest
 , mock
 }:
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest mock ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six requests ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests setuptools six ];
 
   checkPhase = ''
     py.test tests/unit
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/googleapis_common_protos/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/googleapis_common_protos/default.nix
index 337624012aa..2ae649b7432 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/googleapis_common_protos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/googleapis_common_protos/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
-, protobuf, pytest }:
+, protobuf, pytest, setuptools }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "googleapis-common-protos";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "d564872083af40bbcc7091340f17db778a316525c7c76497d58d11b98ca2aa74";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ protobuf ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ protobuf setuptools ];
   checkInputs = [ pytest ];
 
   doCheck = false;  # there are no tests