diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncmy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncmy/default.nix
index 8356b62b62e6..b81c4d2c6968 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncmy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncmy/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , poetry-core
 , pythonOlder
+, setuptools
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -23,10 +24,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cython
     poetry-core
+    setuptools
   ];
 
-  # Not running tests as aiomysql is missing support for
-  # pymysql>=0.9.3
+  # Not running tests as aiomysql is missing support for pymysql>=0.9.3
   doCheck = false;
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [