diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/safeeyes/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/safeeyes/default.nix
index 19ba41852176..661396aa3e76 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/safeeyes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/safeeyes/default.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     pygobject3
     dbus-python
     croniter
+    setuptools
   ];
 
   # Prevent double wrapping, let the Python wrapper use the args in preFixup.