diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/openvswitch/generic.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/openvswitch/generic.nix
index dadccc1c3947..9833661ef5cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/openvswitch/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/openvswitch/generic.nix
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       netaddr
       pyparsing
       pytest
+      setuptools
     ]);
 
   passthru.updateScript = writeScript "ovs-update.nu" ''