diff --git a/package/iotop/iotop.mk b/package/iotop/iotop.mk
index 8b5564974e..e9ef9edc10 100644
--- a/package/iotop/iotop.mk
+++ b/package/iotop/iotop.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ IOTOP_VERSION = 0.6
 IOTOP_SITE = http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/files
 IOTOP_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 IOTOP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-IOTOP_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
+IOTOP_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 
 $(eval $(python-package))