diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a30a5532a..71cc0a600 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,16 +20,17 @@ import subprocess
 import setuptools
 import setuptools.command.install
 import setuptools.command.install_egg_info
-
-
-# distutils will be deprecated in python 3.12 in favor of setuptools,
-# but as of this writing there's standard no setuptools way to extend the
-# 'build' commands which are the only standard commands we trigger.
-# https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/2591
-#
-# Newer setuptools will transparently support 'import distutils' though.
-# That can be overridden with SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS env variable
-import distutils.command.build  # pylint: disable=wrong-import-order,deprecated-module,import-error
+try:
+    # Use the setuptools build command with setuptools >= 62.4.0
+    import setuptools.command.build
+    BUILD_COMMAND_CLASS = setuptools.command.build.build
+except ImportError:
+    # Use distutils with an older setuptools version
+    #
+    # Newer setuptools will transparently support 'import distutils' though.
+    # That can be overridden with SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS env variable
+    import distutils.command.build  # pylint: disable=wrong-import-order,deprecated-module,import-error
+    BUILD_COMMAND_CLASS = distutils.command.build.build
 
 
 SYSPREFIX = sysconfig.get_config_var("prefix")
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ class my_build_i18n(setuptools.Command):
                 self.distribution.data_files.append((target, files_merged))
 
 
-class my_build(distutils.command.build.build):
+class my_build(BUILD_COMMAND_CLASS):
     def _make_bin_wrappers(self):
         template = """#!/usr/bin/env python3