diff --git a/dev-python/virtualenv-clone/virtualenv-clone-0.5.6.ebuild b/dev-python/virtualenv-clone/virtualenv-clone-0.5.6.ebuild
index 2a8e50329b7f5..0ee4d89548c72 100644
--- a/dev-python/virtualenv-clone/virtualenv-clone-0.5.6.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/virtualenv-clone/virtualenv-clone-0.5.6.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
 inherit distutils-r1