diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/afew/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/afew/default.nix
index cd512e77613..85b73141966 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/afew/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/afew/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ sphinx setuptools_scm ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
-    pythonPackages.notmuch chardet dkimpy
+    pythonPackages.setuptools pythonPackages.notmuch chardet dkimpy
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (!pythonPackages.isPy3k) subprocess32;
 
   makeWrapperArgs = [