diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-configobj/0001-Switch-from-using-distutils-to-setuptools.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-configobj/0001-Switch-from-using-distutils-to-setuptools.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed6ceca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-configobj/0001-Switch-from-using-distutils-to-setuptools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From ad9024e50a9df4a2b8a1a019e07bb133c3df31bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Watkins <daniel@daniel-watkins.co.uk>
+Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:49:04 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Switch from using distutils to setuptools.
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport
+
+Signed-off-by: Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>
+---
+ setup.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index c6d57a6..6755ab4 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
+ # http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
+ import os
+ import sys
+-from distutils.core import setup
++from setuptools import setup
+ # a simple import wouldn't work if we moved towards a package with __init__
+ from _version import __version__
+ 
+-- 
+2.30.2
+