diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/qtile/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/qtile/default.nix
index dc78702b03c5..6d0e6bdac45e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/qtile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/qtile/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ python37Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ glib libxcb cairo pango python37Packages.xcffib ];
 
-  pythonPath = with python37Packages; [ xcffib cairocffi-xcffib ];
+  pythonPath = with python37Packages; [ xcffib cairocffi-xcffib setuptools ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/qtile \