diff --git a/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/6/llvm/base.nix b/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/6/llvm/base.nix
index caa2ebe42823..1bbf16447549 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/6/llvm/base.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/6/llvm/base.nix
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     cmake
     ninja
     git
-    python3Packages.python
+    (python3Packages.python.withPackages (p: [ p.setuptools ]))
   ] ++ lib.optionals (buildDocs || buildMan) [
     doxygen
     sphinx