diff --git a/dev-util/pmbootstrap/pmbootstrap-1.45.0.ebuild b/dev-util/pmbootstrap/pmbootstrap-1.45.0.ebuild
index 970e1ce664..2dc8bba6fb 100644
--- a/dev-util/pmbootstrap/pmbootstrap-1.45.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/pmbootstrap/pmbootstrap-1.45.0.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8,9,10} )
 
+DISTUTILS_SINGLE_IMPL=1
 inherit distutils-r1 linux-info
 
 DESCRIPTION="Helper tool for developing and building postmarketOS"
@@ -31,3 +32,8 @@ pkg_pretend() {
 		die
 	fi
 }
+
+# Without this, emerge errors with an "EPYTHON not set" error.
+pkg_setup() {
+	python-single-r1_pkg_setup
+}