diff --git a/dev-python/webpy/webpy-0.62.ebuild b/dev-python/webpy/webpy-0.62.ebuild
index 598ab880af..21d0dfedbc 100644
--- a/dev-python/webpy/webpy-0.62.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/webpy/webpy-0.62.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1