diff --git a/dev-python/asyncmy/asyncmy-0.2.8.ebuild b/dev-python/asyncmy/asyncmy-0.2.8.ebuild
index 139ab0cca2..8ab2f2f42e 100644
--- a/dev-python/asyncmy/asyncmy-0.2.8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/asyncmy/asyncmy-0.2.8.ebuild
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ EAPI=8
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..11} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="ssl"
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=poetry
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 inherit databases distutils-r1 optfeature
 
 DESCRIPTION="A fast asyncio MySQL driver"