diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
index e50c2918ed92d..ba3de9a63aac8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
       python
       regex
       sip
+      setuptools
       zeroconf
       jeepney
       # the following are distributed with calibre, but we use upstream instead