diff --git a/dev-python/netifaces/netifaces-0.11.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/netifaces/netifaces-0.11.0-r1.ebuild
index 83ad474e7b8b2..3629c99a436b8 100644
--- a/dev-python/netifaces/netifaces-0.11.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/netifaces/netifaces-0.11.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{9..11} )