diff --git a/libselinux/src/Makefile b/libselinux/src/Makefile
index 49b7d60a..dc284832 100644
--- a/libselinux/src/Makefile
+++ b/libselinux/src/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SHLIBDIR ?= /lib
 INCLUDEDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/include
 PYINC ?= $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags $(PYPREFIX))
 PYLIBS ?= $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs $(PYPREFIX))
-PYTHONLIBDIR ?= $(shell $(PYTHON) -c "from distutils.sysconfig import *; print(get_python_lib(plat_specific=1, prefix='$(PREFIX)'))")
+PYTHONLIBDIR ?= $(shell $(PYTHON) -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('platlib', vars={'platbase': '$(PREFIX)', 'base': '$(PREFIX)'}))")
 PYCEXT ?= $(shell $(PYTHON) -c 'import importlib.machinery;print(importlib.machinery.EXTENSION_SUFFIXES[0])')
 RUBYINC ?= $(shell $(RUBY) -e 'puts "-I" + RbConfig::CONFIG["rubyarchhdrdir"] + " -I" + RbConfig::CONFIG["rubyhdrdir"]')
 RUBYLIBS ?= $(shell $(RUBY) -e 'puts "-L" + RbConfig::CONFIG["libdir"] + " -L" + RbConfig::CONFIG["archlibdir"] + " " + RbConfig::CONFIG["LIBRUBYARG_SHARED"]')
diff --git a/libselinux/src/setup.py b/libselinux/src/setup.py
index 71e69a10..6cbe3a0e 100644
--- a/libselinux/src/setup.py
+++ b/libselinux/src/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
-from distutils.core import Extension, setup
+from setuptools import Extension, setup
 
 setup(
     name="selinux",