diff --git a/net-im/poezio/poezio-9999.ebuild b/net-im/poezio/poezio-9999.ebuild
index c48fd9b91186a..c9be206af55f0 100644
--- a/net-im/poezio/poezio-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/poezio/poezio-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )