diff --git a/eclass/distutils-r1.eclass b/eclass/distutils-r1.eclass
index c5452906e2bdd..fb0362c302262 100644
--- a/eclass/distutils-r1.eclass
+++ b/eclass/distutils-r1.eclass
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ esac
 if [[ ! ${_DISTUTILS_R1} ]]; then
 
 [[ ${EAPI} == [45] ]] && inherit eutils
-inherit toolchain-funcs
+inherit toolchain-funcs xdg-utils
 
 if [[ ! ${DISTUTILS_SINGLE_IMPL} ]]; then
 	inherit multiprocessing python-r1
@@ -749,6 +749,7 @@ distutils-r1_src_prepare() {
 
 distutils-r1_src_configure() {
 	python_export_utf8_locale
+	xdg_environment_reset # Bug 577704
 
 	if declare -f python_configure >/dev/null; then
 		_distutils-r1_run_foreach_impl python_configure