diff --git a/dev-python/cmarkgfm/cmarkgfm-2022.3.4.ebuild b/dev-python/cmarkgfm/cmarkgfm-2022.3.4.ebuild
index cc36e1a6ce..9c5b8ba3a4 100644
--- a/dev-python/cmarkgfm/cmarkgfm-2022.3.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/cmarkgfm/cmarkgfm-2022.3.4.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..11} pypy3 )
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 
 inherit distutils-r1 edos2unix