diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tableaudocumentapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tableaudocumentapi/default.nix
index f1a6882345a8..1d9b22ce5b4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tableaudocumentapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tableaudocumentapi/default.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,16 @@
   lxml,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
+  fetchpatch,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "tableaudocumentapi";
   version = "0.11";
-  format = "setuptools";
+
+  pyproject = true;
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
@@ -18,8 +22,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     inherit pname version;
     hash = "sha256-g6V1UBf+P21FcZkR3PHoUmdmrQwEvjdd1VKhvNmvOys=";
   };
+  patches = [
+    # distutils has been removed since python 3.12
+    # see https://github.com/tableau/document-api-python/pull/255
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "no-distutils.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/tableau/document-api-python/pull/255/commits/59280bbe073060d1249e6404e11303ed6faa84f6.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-mjIF9iP1BQXvqkS0jYNTm8otkhSKLj2b2iHSMZ2K0iI=";
+    })
+  ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ lxml ];
+  dependencies = [ lxml ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];