diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/csvkit/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/csvkit/default.nix
index 96383fa87f9e..31f680966c1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/csvkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/csvkit/default.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     agate-excel
     agate-dbf
     agate-sql
+    setuptools # csvsql imports pkg_resources
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = with python.pkgs; [