diff --git a/dev-python/y-py/y-py-0.6.0.ebuild b/dev-python/y-py/y-py-0.6.0.ebuild
index cc54b8be1df76..94c7b8ae3aef4 100644
--- a/dev-python/y-py/y-py-0.6.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/y-py/y-py-0.6.0.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 CARGO_OPTIONAL=1
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=maturin
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} )