diff --git a/dev-python/zope-testrunner/zope-testrunner-5.2.ebuild b/dev-python/zope-testrunner/zope-testrunner-5.2.ebuild
index a052ac999f6cd..04312331c57f4 100644
--- a/dev-python/zope-testrunner/zope-testrunner-5.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/zope-testrunner/zope-testrunner-5.2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8,9} pypy3 )
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6..9} pypy3 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1