diff --git a/dev-python/jellyfish/jellyfish-0.11.2.ebuild b/dev-python/jellyfish/jellyfish-0.11.2.ebuild
index ef6399da8c953..0bbe9beafb877 100644
--- a/dev-python/jellyfish/jellyfish-0.11.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/jellyfish/jellyfish-0.11.2.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=maturin
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} )