diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3171076..419df51 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ toxworkdir = {env:TMPDIR:/tmp}/tox-{env:USER}/mandayejs/
 usedevelop =
   coverage: True
 setenv =
+  SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
   DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=mandayejs.settings
   MANDAYEJS_SETTINGS_FILE=tests/settings.py
   coverage: COVERAGE=--junitxml=test_results.xml --cov-report xml --cov-report html --cov=mandayejs/ --cov-config .coveragerc