diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix
index c1f9425efc34..f818d2c0d8c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ in
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "lxc-${version}";
-  version = "2.0.8";
+  version = "2.1.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://linuxcontainers.org/downloads/lxc/lxc-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "15449r56rqg3487kzsnfvz0w4p5ajrq0krcsdh6c9r6g0ark93hd";
+    sha256 = "1qld0gi19mximxm0qyr6vzav32gymhc7fvp0bzwv37j0b8q0fi1r";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
   buildInputs = [
     libapparmor gnutls libselinux libseccomp cgmanager libnih dbus libcap
-    python3Packages.python systemd
+    python3Packages.python python3Packages.setuptools systemd
   ];
 
   patches = [