diff --git a/dev-python/yappi/yappi-1.4.0.ebuild b/dev-python/yappi/yappi-1.4.0.ebuild
index 62f586cc4b457..419c6f5dda733 100644
--- a/dev-python/yappi/yappi-1.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/yappi/yappi-1.4.0.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} )