diff --git a/dev-python/wstools/wstools-0.4.8.ebuild b/dev-python/wstools/wstools-0.4.8.ebuild
index 93c978f8bab86..d6450a8d82fc9 100644
--- a/dev-python/wstools/wstools-0.4.8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/wstools/wstools-0.4.8.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="xml(+)"
-
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="WSDL parsing services package for Web Services for Python"