diff --git a/dev-python/oslo-utils/oslo-utils-3.16.0.ebuild b/dev-python/oslo-utils/oslo-utils-3.16.0.ebuild
index 4e965d4ff20e6..db0a7e1d070e6 100644
--- a/dev-python/oslo-utils/oslo-utils-3.16.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/oslo-utils/oslo-utils-3.16.0.ebuild
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 
 python_prepare_all() {
 	sed -i '/^hacking/d' test-requirements.txt || die
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
 }
 
 python_compile_all() {