diff --git a/dev-python/requests-mock/requests-mock-1.8.0.ebuild b/dev-python/requests-mock/requests-mock-1.8.0.ebuild
index cbd54d1e0fa73..d841c66f5efdb 100644
--- a/dev-python/requests-mock/requests-mock-1.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/requests-mock/requests-mock-1.8.0.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{6,7,8} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{6,7,8,9} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 
 inherit distutils-r1