diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-async_0.6.2.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-async_0.6.2.bb
index 8ed0b03..5a17a1a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-async_0.6.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-async_0.6.2.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/async-${PV}"
 
-inherit distutils
+inherit setuptools
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python-threading python-lang"