diff --git a/devel/py-distlib/Makefile b/devel/py-distlib/Makefile
index 7fb490b23b62..8c7bfb0c9cd9 100644
--- a/devel/py-distlib/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-distlib/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 PORTNAME=	distlib
-DISTVERSION=	0.3.4
+DISTVERSION=	0.3.6
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Low-level components of distutils2 and higher-level APIs
 WWW=		https://bitbucket.org/pypa/distlib
 
 LICENSE=	PSFL
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-USES=		python:3.6+ zip
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USES=		python:3.6+
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+post-patch:
+	${ECHO} "from setuptools import setup ; setup()" > ${WRKSRC}/setup.py
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-distlib/distinfo b/devel/py-distlib/distinfo
index f01662414e30..79e7f5a0a002 100644
--- a/devel/py-distlib/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-distlib/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1639203727
-SHA256 (distlib-0.3.4.zip) = e4b58818180336dc9c529bfb9a0b58728ffc09ad92027a3f30b7cd91e3458579
-SIZE (distlib-0.3.4.zip) = 631981
+TIMESTAMP = 1669049965
+SHA256 (distlib-0.3.6.tar.gz) = 14bad2d9b04d3a36127ac97f30b12a19268f211063d8f8ee4f47108896e11b46
+SIZE (distlib-0.3.6.tar.gz) = 607879