diff --git a/converters/py-bencode.py/Makefile b/converters/py-bencode.py/Makefile
index 66e5623ef199..d61a450d3545 100644
--- a/converters/py-bencode.py/Makefile
+++ b/converters/py-bencode.py/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	bencode.py
 PORTVERSION=	4.0.0
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	converters devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	antoine@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Bencoding and bdecoding implementation
 WWW=		https://github.com/fuzeman/bencode.py
 
 LICENSE=	BTOSL
 LICENSE_NAME=	BitTorrent Open Source License
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 LICENSE_PERMS=	dist-mirror dist-sell pkg-mirror pkg-sell auto-accept
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pbr>=1.9:devel/py-pbr@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pbr>=1.9:devel/py-pbr@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>=0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist
 
 do-test:
 	@(cd ${TEST_WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} pytest-${PYTHON_VER})
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>