diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/luigi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/luigi/default.nix
index 35721208a6e..7e1fb6cf9c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/luigi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/luigi/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     sed -i 's/<2.2.0//' setup.py
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [ tornado_4 python-daemon ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [ tornado_4 python-daemon boto3 ];
 
   # Requires tox, hadoop, and google cloud
   doCheck = false;