diff --git a/dev-python/debtcollector/debtcollector-1.11.0.ebuild b/dev-python/debtcollector/debtcollector-1.11.0.ebuild
index da10dfd7f3808..fd98859cba01d 100644
--- a/dev-python/debtcollector/debtcollector-1.11.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/debtcollector/debtcollector-1.11.0.ebuild
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 
 python_prepare_all() {
 	sed -i '/^hacking/d' test-requirements.txt || di
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
 }
 
 python_compile_all() {
diff --git a/dev-python/debtcollector/debtcollector-1.3.0.ebuild b/dev-python/debtcollector/debtcollector-1.3.0.ebuild
index 992bab77440f0..63907753b35d3 100644
--- a/dev-python/debtcollector/debtcollector-1.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/debtcollector/debtcollector-1.3.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 
 python_prepare_all() {
 	sed -i '/^hacking/d' test-requirements.txt || di
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
 }
 
 python_compile_all() {