diff --git a/dev-python/python-distutils-extra/python-distutils-extra-2.39.ebuild b/dev-python/python-distutils-extra/python-distutils-extra-2.39.ebuild
index 76bf1d01fac39..599aa3fe2e11b 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-distutils-extra/python-distutils-extra-2.39.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/python-distutils-extra/python-distutils-extra-2.39.ebuild
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ python_test() {
 	# 5 tests fail with disabled byte-compilation (they rely on exact
 	# output from python).
 	# The other 4 are broken.
-	py.test -k "not (test_pot_manual or test_pot_auto_explicit or \
+	pytest -vv -k "not (test_pot_manual or test_pot_auto_explicit or \
 		test_pot_auto or test_modules or test_packages) and not \
 		(test_desktop or test_po or test_policykit or \
 		test_requires_provides)" test/auto.py || \