diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-package.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-package.yml
index fef298874d5..082ce7de962 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-package.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           apt-get -qq update
-          apt-get install -y make build-essential m4 pkg-config autoconf libtool git python3 python3-distutils curl zip unzip tar bison p7zip-full libx11-dev libxft-dev libxext-dev libdbus-1-dev libxi-dev libxtst-dev libxrandr-dev libnotify-dev
+          apt-get install -y make build-essential m4 pkg-config autoconf libtool git python3 python3-distutils python3-setuptools curl zip unzip tar bison p7zip-full libx11-dev libxft-dev libxext-dev libdbus-1-dev libxi-dev libxtst-dev libxrandr-dev libnotify-dev
 
       - name: Install aws cli tool
         run: |
diff --git a/py/setup.py.in b/py/setup.py.in
index 22fd6e45f17..0a3183b69ee 100644
--- a/py/setup.py.in
+++ b/py/setup.py.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(name = 'Boinc',
       version = '@PACKAGE_VERSION@',
diff --git a/samples/vm_wrapper/setupPyBOINC.py b/samples/vm_wrapper/setupPyBOINC.py
index 9b2552fc069..1895a9a2541 100644
--- a/samples/vm_wrapper/setupPyBOINC.py
+++ b/samples/vm_wrapper/setupPyBOINC.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from distutils.core import setup, Extension
+from setuptools import setup, Extension
 
 # May need to adjust these to suit your system, but a standard installation of the BOINC client from source will put things in these places
 pyboinc = Extension('boinc', runtime_library_dirs=['/usr/local/lib', '../../lib', '../../api'],