diff --git a/dev-python/httpstat/httpstat-1.2.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/httpstat/httpstat-1.2.1-r1.ebuild
index ea72561d50b3d..22fd54b54735c 100644
--- a/dev-python/httpstat/httpstat-1.2.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/httpstat/httpstat-1.2.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI="7"
-
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7} pypy3 )
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 
 inherit distutils-r1