diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-ml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-ml/default.nix
index 4f4b7b705c4e..517056866bb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-ml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-ml/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 , multipledispatch
 , packaging
 , distributed
+, setuptools-scm
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     scipy
     six
     toolz
+    setuptools-scm
   ];
 
   # has non-standard build from source, and pypi doesn't include tests