diff --git a/src/D190537.patch b/src/D190537.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..593e4c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/D190537.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+diff --git a/python/mozboot/mozboot/base.py b/python/mozboot/mozboot/base.py
+--- a/python/mozboot/mozboot/base.py
++++ b/python/mozboot/mozboot/base.py
+@@ -168,17 +168,10 @@
+         Called once the current firefox checkout has been detected.
+         Platform-specific implementations should check the environment and offer advice/warnings
+         to the user, if necessary.
+         """
+ 
+-    def suggest_install_distutils(self):
+-        """Called if distutils.{sysconfig,spawn} can't be imported."""
+-        print(
+-            "Does your distro require installing another package for distutils?",
+-            file=sys.stderr,
+-        )
+-
+     def suggest_install_pip3(self):
+         """Called if pip3 can't be found."""
+         print(
+             "Try installing pip3 with your system's package manager.", file=sys.stderr
+         )
+diff --git a/python/mozboot/mozboot/bootstrap.py b/python/mozboot/mozboot/bootstrap.py
+--- a/python/mozboot/mozboot/bootstrap.py
++++ b/python/mozboot/mozboot/bootstrap.py
+@@ -490,26 +490,10 @@
+             # No mozconfig file exists yet
+             self._write_default_mozconfig(raw_mozconfig)
+ 
+     def _validate_python_environment(self, topsrcdir):
+         valid = True
+-        try:
+-            # distutils is singled out here because some distros (namely Ubuntu)
+-            # include it in a separate package outside of the main Python
+-            # installation.
+-            import distutils.spawn
+-            import distutils.sysconfig
+-
+-            assert distutils.sysconfig is not None and distutils.spawn is not None
+-        except ImportError as e:
+-            print("ERROR: Could not import package %s" % e.name, file=sys.stderr)
+-            self.instance.suggest_install_distutils()
+-            valid = False
+-        except AssertionError:
+-            print("ERROR: distutils is not behaving as expected.", file=sys.stderr)
+-            self.instance.suggest_install_distutils()
+-            valid = False
+         pip3 = to_optional_path(which("pip3"))
+         if not pip3:
+             print("ERROR: Could not find pip3.", file=sys.stderr)
+             self.instance.suggest_install_pip3()
+             valid = False
+diff --git a/python/mozboot/mozboot/debian.py b/python/mozboot/mozboot/debian.py
+--- a/python/mozboot/mozboot/debian.py
++++ b/python/mozboot/mozboot/debian.py
+@@ -15,17 +15,10 @@
+         self.distro = distro
+         self.version = version
+         self.dist_id = dist_id
+         self.codename = codename
+ 
+-    def suggest_install_distutils(self):
+-        print(
+-            "HINT: Try installing distutils with "
+-            "`apt-get install python3-distutils`.",
+-            file=sys.stderr,
+-        )
+-
+     def suggest_install_pip3(self):
+         print(
+             "HINT: Try installing pip3 with `apt-get install python3-pip`.",
+             file=sys.stderr,
+         )
+diff --git a/python/mozboot/setup.py b/python/mozboot/setup.py
+--- a/python/mozboot/setup.py
++++ b/python/mozboot/setup.py
+@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+ # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ # You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ 
+-from distutils.core import setup
++try:
++    from setuptools import setup
++except ImportError:
++    from distutils.core import setup
+ 
+ VERSION = "0.1"
+ 
+ setup(
+     name="mozboot",
+