diff --git a/iotop-0.6-usesetuptools.patch b/iotop-0.6-usesetuptools.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5b551a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iotop-0.6-usesetuptools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+diff -up iotop-0.6/setup.cfg.usesetuptools iotop-0.6/setup.cfg
+--- iotop-0.6/setup.cfg.usesetuptools	2021-10-08 04:27:30.000000000 +0200
++++ iotop-0.6/setup.cfg	2022-12-20 23:17:11.242082371 +0100
+@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+ [bdist_rpm]
+ doc_files = ChangeLog COPYING NEWS README THANKS
+ install_script = .install-rpm.sh
++
++[install]
++install_scripts=/usr/sbin
+diff -up iotop-0.6/setup.py.usesetuptools iotop-0.6/setup.py
+--- iotop-0.6/setup.py.usesetuptools	2021-10-08 04:27:30.000000000 +0200
++++ iotop-0.6/setup.py	2022-12-20 23:18:52.703691554 +0100
+@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
+ #!/usr/bin/env python3
+ 
+-from distutils.core import setup, Extension
+-from distutils.command import install as distutils_install
++from setuptools import setup, Extension
+ from iotop.version import VERSION
+ 
+ _ioprio = Extension('iotop._ioprio', sources = ['iotop/_ioprio.c'])
+ 
+-# Dirty hack to make setup.py install the iotop script to sbin/ instead of bin/
+-# while still honoring the choice of installing into local/ or not.
+-if hasattr(distutils_install, 'INSTALL_SCHEMES'):
+-    for d in distutils_install.INSTALL_SCHEMES.values():
+-        if d.get('scripts', '').endswith('/bin'):
+-            d['scripts'] = d['scripts'][:-len('/bin')] + '/sbin'
+-
+ setup(name='iotop',
+       version=VERSION,
+       description='Per process I/O bandwidth monitor',
diff --git a/iotop.spec b/iotop.spec
index a7d3477..45384de 100644
--- a/iotop.spec
+++ b/iotop.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: iotop
 Version: 0.6
-Release: 33%{?dist}
+Release: 34%{?dist}
 Summary: Top like utility for I/O       
 License: GPLv2+
 URL: http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/            
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ Patch3: iotop-0.3.2-batchprintutf8.patch
 Patch4: iotop-0.6-git9c49d59.patch
 # rhbz#1679201
 Patch5: iotop-0.6-delayacctmsg.patch
+Patch6: iotop-0.6-usesetuptools.patch
 
 #BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires:	python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 
 %description
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ show of behalf of which process is the I/O going on.
 %patch3 -p1 -b .batchprintutf8
 %patch4 -p1 -b .git9c49d59
 %patch5 -p1 -b .delayacctmsg
+%patch6 -p1 -b .usesetuptools
 
 %build
 %py3_build
@@ -52,6 +55,9 @@ show of behalf of which process is the I/O going on.
 %{_mandir}/man8/iotop.*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Dec 20 2022 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink@redhat.com> - 0.6-34
+- use setuptools instead of distutils (#2155049)
+
 * Thu Jul 21 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.6-33
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_37_Mass_Rebuild