diff --git a/sys-kernel/ugrd/ugrd-0.7.5.ebuild b/sys-kernel/ugrd/ugrd-0.7.5.ebuild
index 0a7d1b0e0d..dccf88cf43 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/ugrd/ugrd-0.7.5.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/ugrd/ugrd-0.7.5.ebuild
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 RDEPEND="app-misc/pax-utils"
 
 src_install() {
+	# Call the distutils-r1_src_install function to install the package
+	distutils-r1_src_install
 	# Create the ugrd config directory
 	keepdir /etc/ugrd
 }