diff --git a/meta/classes/setuptools3.bbclass b/meta/classes/setuptools3.bbclass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de6dd94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/classes/setuptools3.bbclass
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+inherit distutils3
+
+DEPENDS += "python3-setuptools-native"
+
+DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS = "--root=${D} \
+    --prefix=${prefix} \
+    --install-lib=${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} \
+    --install-data=${datadir}"