diff --git a/dev-python/prawcore/prawcore-2.3.0.ebuild b/dev-python/prawcore/prawcore-2.3.0.ebuild
index 72ad8ad105..d6ed6210f5 100644
--- a/dev-python/prawcore/prawcore-2.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/prawcore/prawcore-2.3.0.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Low-level communication layer for PRAW"