diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/distutils3.bbclass b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/distutils3.bbclass
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+inherit distutils3-base
+
+B = "${WORKDIR}/build"
+distutils_do_configure[cleandirs] = "${B}"
+
+DISTUTILS_BUILD_ARGS ?= ""
+DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS ?= "--root=${D} \
+    --prefix=${prefix} \
+    --install-lib=${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} \
+    --install-data=${datadir}"
+
+DISTUTILS_PYTHON = "python3"
+DISTUTILS_PYTHON:class-native = "nativepython3"
+
+DISTUTILS_SETUP_PATH ?= "${S}"
+
+python __anonymous() {
+    bb.warn("distutils3.bbclass is deprecated, please use setuptools3.bbclass instead")
+}
+
+distutils3_do_configure() {
+    :
+}
+
+distutils3_do_compile() {
+        cd ${DISTUTILS_SETUP_PATH}
+        NO_FETCH_BUILD=1 \
+        STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
+        STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
+        ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${PYTHON_PN}-native/${PYTHON_PN} setup.py \
+        build --build-base=${B} ${DISTUTILS_BUILD_ARGS} || \
+        bbfatal_log "'${PYTHON_PN} setup.py build ${DISTUTILS_BUILD_ARGS}' execution failed."
+}
+distutils3_do_compile[vardepsexclude] = "MACHINE"
+
+distutils3_do_install() {
+        cd ${DISTUTILS_SETUP_PATH}
+        install -d ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
+        STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
+        STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
+        PYTHONPATH=${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} \
+        ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${PYTHON_PN}-native/${PYTHON_PN} setup.py \
+        build --build-base=${B} install --skip-build ${DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS} || \
+        bbfatal_log "'${PYTHON_PN} setup.py install ${DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS}' execution failed."
+
+        # support filenames with *spaces*
+        find ${D} -name "*.py" -exec grep -q ${D} {} \; \
+                               -exec sed -i -e s:${D}::g {} \;
+
+        for i in ${D}${bindir}/* ${D}${sbindir}/*; do
+            if [ -f "$i" ]; then
+                sed -i -e s:${PYTHON}:${USRBINPATH}/env\ ${DISTUTILS_PYTHON}:g $i
+                sed -i -e s:${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}:${bindir}:g $i
+            fi
+        done
+
+        rm -f ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/easy-install.pth
+
+        #
+        # FIXME: Bandaid against wrong datadir computation
+        #
+        if [ -e ${D}${datadir}/share ]; then
+            mv -f ${D}${datadir}/share/* ${D}${datadir}/
+            rmdir ${D}${datadir}/share
+        fi
+}
+distutils3_do_install[vardepsexclude] = "MACHINE"
+
+EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_configure do_compile do_install
+
+export LDSHARED="${CCLD} -shared"