diff --git a/dev-python/django-rq/django-rq-2.5.1.ebuild b/dev-python/django-rq/django-rq-2.5.1.ebuild
index 28c73aa..8d7c95d 100644
--- a/dev-python/django-rq/django-rq-2.5.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/django-rq/django-rq-2.5.1.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} )
 inherit distutils-r1