diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/la/labelImg/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/la/labelImg/package.nix
index b61092095590..739ee325fd95 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/la/labelImg/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/la/labelImg/package.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     })
   ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    distutils
     pyqt5
     lxml
   ];