diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mautrix-telegram/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mautrix-telegram/default.nix
index 7499f203136c..5ee491a0b8a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mautrix-telegram/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mautrix-telegram/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     telethon-session-sqlalchemy
     pillow
     lxml
+    setuptools
   ];
 
   # `alembic` (a database migration tool) is only needed for the initial setup,