diff --git a/gnu/packages/shells.scm b/gnu/packages/shells.scm
index 7763c2729b5..6f830d54aa6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/shells.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/shells.scm
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ ksh, and tcsh.")
                    (setenv "HOME" "/tmp"))))))
     (native-inputs
      (list git-minimal
+           python-pip
            python-pyte
            python-pytest
            python-pytest-mock