diff --git a/dev-python/srt/srt-3.5.2.ebuild b/dev-python/srt/srt-3.5.2.ebuild
index e484b2fa6b..0ee9116fb0 100644
--- a/dev-python/srt/srt-3.5.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/srt/srt-3.5.2.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 
 inherit distutils-r1