diff --git a/testing/py3-ncclient/APKBUILD b/testing/py3-ncclient/APKBUILD
index 134e942a444..71b1c7fc58b 100644
--- a/testing/py3-ncclient/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/py3-ncclient/APKBUILD
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 # Maintainer:
 pkgname=py3-ncclient
 pkgver=0.6.13
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=5
 pkgdesc="Library for NETCONF clients"
 url="https://github.com/ncclient/ncclient"
 arch="noarch"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 depends="py3-lxml py3-paramiko py3-six py3-setuptools"
-makedepends="py3-python-versioneer"
+makedepends="py3-python-versioneer py3-gpep517"
 checkdepends="py3-mock py3-nose"
 subpackages="$pkgname-pyc"
 source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/ncclient/ncclient/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
@@ -25,15 +25,20 @@ prepare() {
 }
 
 build() {
-	python3 setup.py build
+	gpep517 build-wheel \
+		--wheel-dir .dist \
+		--output-fd 3 3>&1 >&2
 }
 
 check() {
-	nosetests
+	python3 -m venv --clear --without-pip --system-site-packages .testenv
+	gpep517 install-wheel --destdir .testenv --prefix '' .dist/*.whl
+	.testenv/bin/python3 -m nose
 }
 
 package() {
-	python3 setup.py install --skip-build --root="$pkgdir"
+	gpep517 install-wheel --destdir "$pkgdir" \
+		.dist/*.whl
 }
 
 sha512sums="