diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ldap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ldap/default.nix
index c54395cabe7d5..d45fb2da2e0bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ldap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ldap/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "3.4.4";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6" || pythonAtLeast "3.12"; # requires distutils
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "python-ldap";
@@ -35,7 +35,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-v1cWoRGxbvvFnHqnwoIfmiQQcxfaA8Bf3+M5bE5PtuU=";
   };
 
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+  build-system = [
+    (setuptools.overrideAttrs {
+      postPatch = ''
+        substituteInPlace setuptools/_distutils/util.py \
+          --replace-fail \
+            "from distutils.util import byte_compile" \
+            "from setuptools._distutils.util import byte_compile"
+      '';
+    })
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     openldap