diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow-simd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow-simd/default.nix
index 4573e25a22b2..ca0d947d37b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow-simd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow-simd/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib, stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, isPyPy, isPy3k
 , olefile, freetype, libjpeg, zlib, libtiff, libwebp, libxcrypt, tcl, lcms2
 , libxcb, tk, libX11, openjpeg, libimagequant, pyroma, numpy, defusedxml
-, pytestCheckHook
+, pytestCheckHook, setuptools
 }@args:
 
 import ../pillow/generic.nix (rec {