diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-aws-iot-device-sdk-python/0001-setup.py-Use-setuptools-instead-of-distutils.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-aws-iot-device-sdk-python/0001-setup.py-Use-setuptools-instead-of-distutils.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bc8b36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-aws-iot-device-sdk-python/0001-setup.py-Use-setuptools-instead-of-distutils.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 36f8106535150b970c75e8b8456ebc5a7d1dbdb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 11:11:01 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] setup.py: Use setuptools instead of distutils
+
+distutils is deprecated and will be gone in 3.12+
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://github.com/aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-python/pull/305]
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ setup.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 3846bae..d0c2b8d 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, 'AWSIoTPythonSDK')
+ import AWSIoTPythonSDK
+ currentVersion = AWSIoTPythonSDK.__version__
+ 
+-from distutils.core import setup
++from setuptools import setup
+ setup(
+     name = 'AWSIoTPythonSDK',
+     packages=['AWSIoTPythonSDK', 'AWSIoTPythonSDK.core',
+-- 
+2.35.1
+