diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-haystack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-haystack/default.nix
index 905ce92e5177..381624e5719e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-haystack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-haystack/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
-, setuptools_scm, django, dateutil, whoosh, pysolr
+, setuptools, setuptools_scm, django, dateutil, whoosh, pysolr
 , coverage, mock, nose, geopy, requests }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   checkInputs = [ pysolr whoosh dateutil geopy coverage nose mock coverage requests ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ django ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ django setuptools ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
 
   postPatch = ''