diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-lrparsing/0001-setup.py-use-setuptools-instead-of-distutils.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-lrparsing/0001-setup.py-use-setuptools-instead-of-distutils.patch
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-lrparsing/0001-setup.py-use-setuptools-instead-of-distutils.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 04d9a4cea699d64b464daef7760de594b1c7f9bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Justin Bronder <jsbronder@cold-front.org>
+Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2022 17:34:34 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] setup.py: use setuptools instead of distutils
+
+With python 3.10, distutils is deprecated in favor of setuptools and will
+be removed in python 3.12.
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [sent to maintainer at russell-lrparsing@stuart.id.au]
+Signed-off-by: Justin Bronder <jsbronder@cold-front.org>
+---
+ setup.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 89ea344..2848b4f 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
+ # Copyright (c) 2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2021 Russell Stuart.
+ # Licensed under GPLv2, or any later version.
+ #
+-from distutils.core import setup
++from setuptools import setup
+ import re
+ 
+ def get_long_description():