diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-timeout/pytest-timeout-1.3.3.ebuild b/dev-python/pytest-timeout/pytest-timeout-1.3.3.ebuild
index e65569e77682d..15c0fe02c5207 100644
--- a/dev-python/pytest-timeout/pytest-timeout-1.3.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pytest-timeout/pytest-timeout-1.3.3.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{6,7,8}} pypy3 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1