diff --git a/dev-util/gprof2dot/gprof2dot-2019.11.30.ebuild b/dev-util/gprof2dot/gprof2dot-2019.11.30.ebuild
index 66133a6801146..b1c471e71f2ad 100644
--- a/dev-util/gprof2dot/gprof2dot-2019.11.30.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/gprof2dot/gprof2dot-2019.11.30.ebuild
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE='xml'
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 
 inherit distutils-r1