diff --git a/dev-python/unicodedata2/unicodedata2-15.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/unicodedata2/unicodedata2-15.0.0.ebuild
index 9713173de6..0398a29720 100644
--- a/dev-python/unicodedata2/unicodedata2-15.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/unicodedata2/unicodedata2-15.0.0.ebuild
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..11} )
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 inherit distutils-r1 pypi
 
 DESCRIPTION="Unicodedata backport updated to the latest Unicode version"