diff --git a/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9.3.0.ebuild b/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9.3.0.ebuild
index fe14e6470ebc0..4599a84866395 100644
--- a/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9.3.0.ebuild
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH="${BROOT}"/usr/share/openpgp-keys/libvirt.org.asc
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
+python_compile() {
+	# setuptools is broken for C extensions, bug #907718
+	distutils-r1_python_compile -j1
+}
+
 python_install_all() {
 	if use examples; then
 		dodoc -r examples
diff --git a/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9.4.0.ebuild b/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9.4.0.ebuild
index 06d6ac3e59a19..4dc14f64cd447 100644
--- a/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9.4.0.ebuild
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH="${BROOT}"/usr/share/openpgp-keys/libvirt.org.asc
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
+python_compile() {
+	# setuptools is broken for C extensions, bug #907718
+	distutils-r1_python_compile -j1
+}
+
 python_install_all() {
 	if use examples; then
 		dodoc -r examples
diff --git a/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9.5.0.ebuild b/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9.5.0.ebuild
index 05f6d3d4098bc..662ee97a63aeb 100644
--- a/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9.5.0.ebuild
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH="${BROOT}"/usr/share/openpgp-keys/libvirt.org.asc
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
+python_compile() {
+	# setuptools is broken for C extensions, bug #907718
+	distutils-r1_python_compile -j1
+}
+
 python_install_all() {
 	if use examples; then
 		dodoc -r examples
diff --git a/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9999.ebuild
index 3c2e065275c81..fbbffef66a1ed 100644
--- a/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9999.ebuild
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH="${BROOT}"/usr/share/openpgp-keys/libvirt.org.asc
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
+python_compile() {
+	# setuptools is broken for C extensions, bug #907718
+	distutils-r1_python_compile -j1
+}
+
 python_install_all() {
 	if use examples; then
 		dodoc -r examples