diff --git a/dev-python/cattrs/cattrs-1.7.0.ebuild b/dev-python/cattrs/cattrs-1.7.0.ebuild
index a6a19fc298..d8e1cf75e9 100644
--- a/dev-python/cattrs/cattrs-1.7.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/cattrs/cattrs-1.7.0.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=pyproject.toml
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..9} pypy3 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1