diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock/setuptools.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock/setuptools.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc2c68c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock/setuptools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Switch to setuptools as distutils is deprecated.
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
+
+diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
+index b3bfaf1..dfbaf21 100644
+--- a/python/setup.py
++++ b/python/setup.py
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
+ # modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
+ # of the GNU General Public License v.2.
+ 
+-from distutils.core import setup, Extension
++from setuptools import setup, Extension
+ 
+ sanlocklib = ['sanlock']
+ sanlock = Extension(name='sanlock',
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock_3.8.4.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock_3.8.4.bb
index fa08d0f..3c08c4e 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock_3.8.4.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock_3.8.4.bb
@@ -9,31 +9,32 @@
 SECTION = "utils"
 
 LICENSE = "LGPLv2+ & GPLv2 & GPLv2+"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://../README.license;md5=60487bf0bf429d6b5aa72b6d37a0eb22"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://README.license;md5=60487bf0bf429d6b5aa72b6d37a0eb22"
 
 PV .= "+git${SRCPV}"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://pagure.io/sanlock.git;protocol=http \
-           file://0001-sanlock-Replace-cp-a-with-cp-R-no-dereference-preser.patch;patchdir=../ \
+SRC_URI = "git://pagure.io/sanlock.git;protocol=http;branch=master \
+           file://0001-sanlock-Replace-cp-a-with-cp-R-no-dereference-preser.patch \
+           file://setuptools.patch \
           "
 SRCREV = "a181e951376d49a82eef17920c8ebedec80b4823"
 
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git/python"
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 DEPENDS = "libaio util-linux"
 
-inherit distutils3 useradd
+inherit setuptools3 useradd
 
-do_configure[noexec] = "1"
+SETUPTOOLS_SETUP_PATH = "${S}/python"
 
 do_compile:prepend () {
-    oe_runmake -C ${S}/../wdmd CMD_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" LIB_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
-    oe_runmake -C ${S}/../src CMD_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" LIB_ENTIRE_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" LIB_CLIENT_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
+    oe_runmake -C ${S}/wdmd CMD_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" LIB_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
+    oe_runmake -C ${S}/src CMD_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" LIB_ENTIRE_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" LIB_CLIENT_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 }
 
 do_install:prepend () {
-    oe_runmake -C ${S}/../wdmd DESTDIR=${D} LIBDIR=${libdir} install
-    oe_runmake -C ${S}/../src DESTDIR=${D} LIBDIR=${libdir} install
+    oe_runmake -C ${S}/wdmd DESTDIR=${D} LIBDIR=${libdir} install
+    oe_runmake -C ${S}/src DESTDIR=${D} LIBDIR=${libdir} install
 }
 
 SANLOCKGROUP ?= "sanlock"