diff --git a/lang/python/pillow/Makefile b/lang/python/pillow/Makefile
index bcf793697..460f9434e 100644
--- a/lang/python/pillow/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/pillow/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ PKG_LICENSE:=HPND
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:python:pillow
 
+PYTHON3_PKG_FORCE_DISTUTILS_SETUP:=1
+
 include ../pypi.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include ../python3-package.mk
diff --git a/lang/python/python-curl/Makefile b/lang/python/python-curl/Makefile
index 4f46dc5fc..560c05ad2 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-curl/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-curl/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ PKG_MAINTAINER:=Waldemar Konik <informatyk74@interia.pl>
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING-LGPL
 
+PYTHON3_PKG_FORCE_DISTUTILS_SETUP:=1
+
 include ../pypi.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include ../python3-package.mk
diff --git a/lang/python/python-evdev/Makefile b/lang/python/python-evdev/Makefile
index bc26068a6..6463daec7 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-evdev/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-evdev/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ PKG_MAINTAINER:=Paulo Costa <me@paulo.costa.nom.br>, Alexandru Ardelean <ardelea
 PYPI_NAME:=evdev
 PKG_HASH:=299db8628cc73b237fc1cc57d3c2948faa0756e2a58b6194b5bf81dc2081f1e3
 
+PYTHON3_PKG_FORCE_DISTUTILS_SETUP:=1
+
 include ../pypi.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include ../python3-package.mk
diff --git a/lang/python/python-gmpy2/Makefile b/lang/python/python-gmpy2/Makefile
index 46c49d7f3..3ba87a07b 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-gmpy2/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-gmpy2/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-3.0-or-later
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING.LESSER
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jeffery To <jeffery.to@gmail.com>
 
+PYTHON3_PKG_FORCE_DISTUTILS_SETUP:=1
+
 include ../pypi.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include ../python3-package.mk
diff --git a/lang/python/python-yaml/Makefile b/lang/python/python-yaml/Makefile
index 4c2cbd7be..4e20fd209 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-yaml/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-yaml/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:pyyaml_project:pyyaml
 
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python-cython/host
 
+PYTHON3_PKG_FORCE_DISTUTILS_SETUP:=1
+
 include ../pypi.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include ../python3-package.mk