diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqt/5.x.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqt/5.x.nix
index cc8f4bac2f04..b78f16233ea5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqt/5.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqt/5.x.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , buildPythonPackage
+, setuptools
 , isPy27
 , fetchPypi
 , pkg-config
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = with libsForQt5; [
     pkg-config
     qmake
+    setuptools
     lndir
     sip
     qtbase