diff --git a/app-text/cherrytree/cherrytree-0.36.9-r1.ebuild b/app-text/cherrytree/cherrytree-0.36.9-r1.ebuild
index 8f6b2425e572a..3d8fa897cf6b0 100644
--- a/app-text/cherrytree/cherrytree-0.36.9-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/cherrytree/cherrytree-0.36.9-r1.ebuild
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ python_prepare_all() {
 
 python_configure_all() {
 	use nls || mydistutilsargs+=( '--without-gettext' )
+	distutils-r1_python_configure_all
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {