diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/salt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/salt/default.nix
index b5056460225..799beee5204 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/salt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/salt/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     futures
     jinja2
     markupsafe
-    msgpack
+    msgpack-python
     pycrypto
     pyyaml
     pyzmq