diff --git a/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-2.2.2-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-2.2.2-r1.ebuild
index 08c9c72462863..a4dc2b6337366 100644
--- a/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-2.2.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-2.2.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517="setuptools"
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} pypy3 )