diff --git a/dev-python/python-miniupnpc/python-miniupnpc-2.2.4.ebuild b/dev-python/python-miniupnpc/python-miniupnpc-2.2.4.ebuild
index 658898254b2de..1af72ce9fa9ba 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-miniupnpc/python-miniupnpc-2.2.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/python-miniupnpc/python-miniupnpc-2.2.4.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} pypy3 )