diff --git a/dev-python/wrapio/wrapio-2.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/wrapio/wrapio-2.0.0.ebuild
index ded66d47fe..a98841ada6 100644
--- a/dev-python/wrapio/wrapio-2.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/wrapio/wrapio-2.0.0.ebuild
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..11} )
-
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} )
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Handling event-based streams in Python"