diff --git a/gnu/packages/llvm.scm b/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
index d870901c56..4d1d42566b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
@@ -2086,6 +2086,7 @@ generator targetting AMD hardware.")
                                                           "/lib/libclang.so")))
                          (substitute* "clang/cindex.py"
                            (("libclang\\.so") libclang))))))))
+    (native-inputs (list python-setuptools))
     (inputs (list clang))
     (native-inputs (modify-inputs (package-native-inputs clang)
                      (append python-setuptools)))