diff --git a/testing/exabgp/APKBUILD b/testing/exabgp/APKBUILD
index 0f242aa9dff..bc1638f164a 100644
--- a/testing/exabgp/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/exabgp/APKBUILD
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 # Maintainer: Sean McAvoy <seanmcavoy@gmail.com>
 pkgname=exabgp
 pkgver=4.2.21
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=5
 pkgdesc="BGP swiss army knife of networking"
 url="https://github.com/Exa-Networks/exabgp"
 arch="noarch"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 depends="py3-six py3-parsing py3-bitstring"
-makedepends="py3-setuptools"
+makedepends="py3-setuptools py3-gpep517"
 checkdepends="py3-pytest"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc $pkgname-openrc $pkgname-pyc"
 pkgusers="exabgp"
@@ -21,15 +21,20 @@ source="exabgp-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/Exa-Networks/exabgp/archive/re
 	"
 
 build() {
-	python3 setup.py build
+	gpep517 build-wheel \
+		--wheel-dir .dist \
+		--output-fd 3 3>&1 >&2
 }
 
 check() {
-	PYTHONPATH="$builddir"/build/lib/ pytest
+	python3 -m venv --clear --without-pip --system-site-packages .testenv
+	gpep517 install-wheel --destdir .testenv --prefix '' .dist/*.whl
+	.testenv/bin/python3 -m pytest
 }
 
 package() {
-	python3 setup.py install --root="$pkgdir/"
+	gpep517 install-wheel --destdir "$pkgdir" \
+		.dist/*.whl
 	rm -rf "$pkgdir"/usr/etc
 	install -Dm644 -t "$pkgdir"/etc/exabgp/ "$builddir"/etc/exabgp/*.conf
 	install -Dm644 -t "$pkgdir"/etc/exabgp/ "$builddir"/etc/exabgp/*.run