diff --git a/dev-python/py-zabbix/py-zabbix-1.1.7.ebuild b/dev-python/py-zabbix/py-zabbix-1.1.7-r1.ebuild
similarity index 82%
rename from dev-python/py-zabbix/py-zabbix-1.1.7.ebuild
rename to dev-python/py-zabbix/py-zabbix-1.1.7-r1.ebuild
index 4cc568fc04194..e3657ba45343a 100644
--- a/dev-python/py-zabbix/py-zabbix-1.1.7.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/py-zabbix/py-zabbix-1.1.7-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYPI_NO_NORMALIZE=1
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} pypy3 )