diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lcov-cobertura/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lcov-cobertura/default.nix
index 739e4e1ae74e..b9e1551744c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lcov-cobertura/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lcov-cobertura/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   fetchPypi,
   pythonOlder,
   setuptools,
+  setuptools-scm,
   distutils,
 }:
 
@@ -19,7 +20,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-76jiZPK93rt/UCTkrOErYz2dWQSLxkdCfR4blojItY8=";
   };
 
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
   dependencies = [ distutils ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "lcov_cobertura" ];