diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 55f5eab..cc2b24a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ setenv =
         pg: DB_ENGINE=postgresql_psycopg2
         DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=fargo.settings
         FARGO_SETTINGS_FILE=tests/settings.py
+	SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
         coverage: COVERAGE=--junitxml=junit-{envname}.xml --random --cov-report xml --cov-report html --cov=fargo/
 deps =
         pytest