diff --git a/dev-util/gftools/gftools-0.6.2.ebuild b/dev-util/gftools/gftools-0.6.2.ebuild
index 5802407392..55dbb3697c 100644
--- a/dev-util/gftools/gftools-0.6.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/gftools/gftools-0.6.2.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=7
 
 COMMIT="0fe81a08dee6e7614c0f196e6668a9aafaad0d3e"
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 DISTUTILS_SINGLE_IMPL=1
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..9} )