diff --git a/dev-python/multidict/multidict-6.0.4.ebuild b/dev-python/multidict/multidict-6.0.4.ebuild
index 32cc3f30f8389..1bd1f6761430a 100644
--- a/dev-python/multidict/multidict-6.0.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/multidict/multidict-6.0.4.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} pypy3 )