diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d650c17..eaf8d3e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Add this to your `.pre-commit-config.yaml`
     - `--indent ...` - Control the indentation (either a number for a number of spaces or a string of whitespace).  Defaults to 4 spaces.
     - `--no-sort-keys` - when autofixing, retain the original key ordering (instead of sorting the keys)
     - `--top-keys comma,separated,keys` - Keys to keep at the top of mappings.
-- `requirements-txt-fixer` - Sorts entries in requirements.txt
+- `requirements-txt-fixer` - Sorts entries in requirements.txt and removes incorrect entry for `pkg-resources==0.0.0`
 - `sort-simple-yaml` - Sorts simple YAML files which consist only of top-level keys, preserving comments and blocks.
 - `trailing-whitespace` - Trims trailing whitespace.
     - Markdown linebreak trailing spaces preserved for `.md` and`.markdown`;
diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/requirements_txt_fixer.py b/pre_commit_hooks/requirements_txt_fixer.py
index 1ee6fac..6dcf8d0 100644
--- a/pre_commit_hooks/requirements_txt_fixer.py
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/requirements_txt_fixer.py
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ def fix_requirements(f):
     else:
         rest = []
 
+    # find and remove pkg-resources==0.0.0
+    # which is automatically added by broken pip package under Debian
+    requirements = [
+        req for req in requirements
+        if req.value != b'pkg-resources==0.0.0\n'
+    ]
+
     for requirement in sorted(requirements):
         after.extend(requirement.comments)
         after.append(requirement.value)
diff --git a/tests/requirements_txt_fixer_test.py b/tests/requirements_txt_fixer_test.py
index 87e7b0c..437cebd 100644
--- a/tests/requirements_txt_fixer_test.py
+++ b/tests/requirements_txt_fixer_test.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ from pre_commit_hooks.requirements_txt_fixer import Requirement
             FAIL,
             b'Django\n-e git+ssh://git_url@tag#egg=ocflib\nPyMySQL\n',
         ),
+        (b'bar\npkg-resources==0.0.0\nfoo\n', FAIL, b'bar\nfoo\n'),
+        (b'foo\npkg-resources==0.0.0\nbar\n', FAIL, b'bar\nfoo\n'),
     ),
 )
 def test_integration(input_s, expected_retval, output, tmpdir):