diff --git a/sys-apps/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-4.3-r1.ebuild b/sys-apps/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-4.3-r1.ebuild
index e249ea0bccd5f..e0211bd875afa 100644
--- a/sys-apps/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-4.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-4.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 BDEPEND="
 	python? (
 		${PYTHON_DEPS}
+		${DISTUTILS_DEPS}
 		dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)"