diff --git a/dev-python/qh3/qh3-0.12.0.ebuild b/dev-python/qh3/qh3-0.12.0.ebuild
index 928b736fb..8c2a042e8 100644
--- a/dev-python/qh3/qh3-0.12.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/qh3/qh3-0.12.0.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1 pypi