diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 9b3e4145519..b4067552bc3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -2292,6 +2292,7 @@ version = ~s
                          python-pytest-datadir
                          python-pytest-doctestplus
                          python-recommonmark
+                         python-setuptools
                          python-sphinx))
     (inputs (cons python-wrapper (cargo-inputs 'python-bed-reader)))
     (propagated-inputs (list python-numpy python-pandas python-scipy))