diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
index 05eafb48e72..1f441b4e961 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ in mkDerivationWith python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
     pyyaml pyqt5 pyqtwebengine jinja2 pygments
-    pypeg2 cssutils pyopengl attrs
+    pypeg2 cssutils pyopengl attrs setuptools
     # scripts and userscripts libs
     tldextract beautifulsoup4
     pyreadability pykeepass stem