1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys_python.py b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys_python.py
index 0b6b042ed1..1a15011687 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys_python.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys_python.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import ast
 import codecs
 import collections
-import distutils.command.build_py
+import setuptools.command.build_py
 import email
 import imp
 import glob
@@ -459,9 +459,13 @@ class PythonRecipeHandler(RecipeHandler):
         else:
             package_dir = {}
 
-        class PackageDir(distutils.command.build_py.build_py):
+        dist = setuptools.Distribution()
+
+        class PackageDir(setuptools.command.build_py.build_py):
             def __init__(self, package_dir):
                 self.package_dir = package_dir
+                self.dist = dist
+                super().__init__(self.dist)
 
         pd = PackageDir(package_dir)
         to_scan = []