diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f75f4f541819..cff0be59fe19 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ in modules // {
     windowsSupport = true;
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-      paramiko jinja2 pyyaml httplib2 boto six
+      paramiko jinja2 pyyaml httplib2 boto six readline
     ] ++ optional windowsSupport pywinrm;
 
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {