diff --git a/games-misc/gay/gay-1.2.8.ebuild b/games-misc/gay/gay-1.2.8.ebuild
index 13c3e5047d..daa36e777d 100644
--- a/games-misc/gay/gay-1.2.8.ebuild
+++ b/games-misc/gay/gay-1.2.8.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..11} pypy3 )
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Colour your text / terminal to be more gay"