diff --git a/dev-util/buildbot-waterfall-view/buildbot-waterfall-view-3.4.0.ebuild b/dev-util/buildbot-waterfall-view/buildbot-waterfall-view-3.4.0.ebuild
index 317f27754a58b..591aebc7cf5b8 100644
--- a/dev-util/buildbot-waterfall-view/buildbot-waterfall-view-3.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/buildbot-waterfall-view/buildbot-waterfall-view-3.4.0.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="sqlite"
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
 inherit distutils-r1
diff --git a/dev-util/buildbot-waterfall-view/buildbot-waterfall-view-3.5.0.ebuild b/dev-util/buildbot-waterfall-view/buildbot-waterfall-view-3.5.0.ebuild
index 317f27754a58b..591aebc7cf5b8 100644
--- a/dev-util/buildbot-waterfall-view/buildbot-waterfall-view-3.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/buildbot-waterfall-view/buildbot-waterfall-view-3.5.0.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="sqlite"
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
 inherit distutils-r1