diff --git a/www/py-django-auth-ldap/Makefile b/www/py-django-auth-ldap/Makefile
index 81efdeaf745c..85b956667648 100644
--- a/www/py-django-auth-ldap/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-django-auth-ldap/Makefile
@@ -1,44 +1,41 @@
 # Created by: Alexander Kriventsov <avk@vl.ru>
 
 PORTNAME=	django-auth-ldap
-PORTVERSION=	3.0.0
+PORTVERSION=	4.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	www security python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	LDAP integration for django.contrib.auth
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools_scm>=3.4:devel/py-setuptools_scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}django22>=2.2:www/py-django22@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ldap>=3.1:net/py-ldap@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 PORTDOCS=	*
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dj31-django-auth-ldap \
 			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dj32-django-auth-ldap
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 DOCS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinx>=0,1:textproc/py-sphinx@${PY_FLAVOR}
 DOCS_VARS=		PYDISTUTILS_BUILD_TARGET+="build_sphinx -a -E"
 
-.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
-
-# Set a locale to avoid build/configure errors.  The UTF-8 mode is enabled by
-# default when the locale is C since Python 3.7.
-.if ${PYTHON_REL} < 30700
-USE_LOCALE=	en_US.UTF-8
-.endif
+# Workaround to make the port still buildable with "distutils"
+post-extract:
+	@${CP} ${FILESDIR}/setup.py ${WRKSRC}/
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	(cd ${WRKSRC}/build/sphinx/html && \
  		${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR} \
 			"! -name .buildinfo -and ! -name objects.inv")
 
-.include <bsd.port.post.mk>
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/py-django-auth-ldap/distinfo b/www/py-django-auth-ldap/distinfo
index 9757a29522ad..c9ce77fde256 100644
--- a/www/py-django-auth-ldap/distinfo
+++ b/www/py-django-auth-ldap/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1627743489
-SHA256 (django-auth-ldap-3.0.0.tar.gz) = 1f2d5c562d9ba9a5e9a64099ae9798e1a63840a11afe4d1c4a9c74121f066eaa
-SIZE (django-auth-ldap-3.0.0.tar.gz) = 52381
+TIMESTAMP = 1641496154
+SHA256 (django-auth-ldap-4.0.0.tar.gz) = 276f79e624ce083ce13f161387f65ff1c0efe83ef8a42f2b9830d43317b15239
+SIZE (django-auth-ldap-4.0.0.tar.gz) = 52648
diff --git a/www/py-django-auth-ldap/files/setup.py b/www/py-django-auth-ldap/files/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..927cf403e2f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/py-django-auth-ldap/files/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Taken from the previous release (= 3.0.0)
+
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup()