diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/default.nix
index 50b73aaf8f6..879f6aed8de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, python, wrapPython }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "setuptools-0.6c11";
+  name = "setuptools-" + version;
+
+  version = "0.6c11";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/${name}.tar.gz";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/site.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/site.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..34e7b478595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/site.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Propagated by buildPythonPackge to process pth files
+
+{ stdenv, python, setuptools }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "python-setuptools-site-${setuptools.version}";
+
+  buildInputs = [ python setuptools ];
+
+  unpackPhase = "true";
+  installPhase = ''
+    dst="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages"
+    ensureDir $dst
+    ln -s ${setuptools}/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages/site.* $dst/
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c049de9d6f5..6ce58ef54b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
   buildPythonPackage = import ../development/python-modules/generic {
     inherit (pkgs) lib;
-    inherit python wrapPython setuptools offlineDistutils;
+    inherit python wrapPython setuptools setuptoolsSite offlineDistutils;
   };
 
 
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     inherit python wrapPython;
   };
 
+  setuptoolsSite = import ../development/python-modules/setuptools/site.nix {
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv;
+    inherit python setuptools;
+  };
+
   offlineDistutils = import ../development/python-modules/offline-distutils {
     inherit (pkgs) stdenv;
     inherit python;