diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-python/crcmod/crcmod-1.7-r5.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-python/crcmod/crcmod-1.7-r5.ebuild
index b2168118a1..b991cf2ed1 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-python/crcmod/crcmod-1.7-r5.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-python/crcmod/crcmod-1.7-r5.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} )