diff --git a/dev-python/nwbinspector/nwbinspector-0.3.9.ebuild b/dev-python/nwbinspector/nwbinspector-0.3.9.ebuild
index 231be63..1e0352b 100644
--- a/dev-python/nwbinspector/nwbinspector-0.3.9.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/nwbinspector/nwbinspector-0.3.9.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
 inherit distutils-r1