diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
index b9b14848370..a2e29ffba03 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       fontconfig podofo qt4 pil chmlib icu
       pythonPackages.mechanize pythonPackages.lxml pythonPackages.dateutil
       pythonPackages.cssutils pythonPackages.beautifulsoup
-      pythonPackages.sqlite3 sqlite
+      pythonPackages.setuptools pythonPackages.sqlite3 sqlite
     ];
 
   installPhase = ''