diff --git a/net-analyzer/ospd-openvas/ospd-openvas-1.0.0.ebuild b/net-analyzer/ospd-openvas/ospd-openvas-1.0.0.ebuild
index 8c2dfcfee26f8..4b9108b1e259b 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/ospd-openvas/ospd-openvas-1.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/ospd-openvas/ospd-openvas-1.0.0.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 )
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 inherit distutils-r1 systemd
 
 DESCRIPTION="This is an OSP server implementation to allow GVM to remotely control OpenVAS"