diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fs/fsuae-launcher/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fs/fsuae-launcher/package.nix
index da6eb5ed35b8..af08047ed81d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fs/fsuae-launcher/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fs/fsuae-launcher/package.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   dontWrapQtApps = true;
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace-fail "distutils.core" "setuptools"
+  '';
+
   preFixup = ''
     wrapQtApp "$out/bin/fs-uae-launcher" \
       --set PYTHONPATH "$PYTHONPATH"