diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx/default.nix
index 4bea277a95b3..1e69692eac1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 , requests
 , sphinxcontrib-websupport
 , typing
+, setuptools
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pygments
     alabaster
     Babel
+    setuptools
     snowballstemmer
     six
     sqlalchemy