diff --git a/dev-python/oslo-utils/oslo-utils-3.8.0.ebuild b/dev-python/oslo-utils/oslo-utils-3.8.0.ebuild
index 2fbca4d34d792..8fa9f5e6da648 100644
--- a/dev-python/oslo-utils/oslo-utils-3.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/oslo-utils/oslo-utils-3.8.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 
 python_prepare_all() {
 	sed -i '/^hacking/d' test-requirements.txt || die
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
 }
 
 python_compile_all() {