diff --git a/dev-python/configargparse/configargparse-1.5.3.ebuild b/dev-python/configargparse/configargparse-1.5.3.ebuild
index e3727ceb7ab19..715bdebb734a7 100644
--- a/dev-python/configargparse/configargparse-1.5.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/configargparse/configargparse-1.5.3.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..11} )
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 MY_PN="ConfigArgParse"