diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/s3fs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/s3fs/default.nix
index 5c0d34a3e90..0f800c14fa9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/s3fs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/s3fs/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, docutils, boto3 }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, docutils, boto3, fsspec }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "s3fs";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ docutils ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ boto3 ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ boto3 fsspec ];
 
   # Depends on `moto` which has a long dependency chain with exact
   # version requirements that can't be made to work with current