diff --git a/app-admin/reclass/reclass-1.7.1.ebuild b/app-admin/reclass/reclass-1.7.1.ebuild
index e8fc5eb..274e738 100644
--- a/app-admin/reclass/reclass-1.7.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/reclass/reclass-1.7.1.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..13} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1