diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 038c316..4ade8fc 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ package_dir =
 include_package_data = True
 install_requires =
   setuptools-git
+  setuptools
   jinja2
   pyyaml
   progressbar2
diff --git a/src/elf_diff/auxiliary.py b/src/elf_diff/auxiliary.py
index e7811cc..f1e63a3 100644
--- a/src/elf_diff/auxiliary.py
+++ b/src/elf_diff/auxiliary.py
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@
 import inspect
 import os
 import re
-from distutils import dir_util
 from typing import List, Set
 
+from setuptools import distutils
+
 
 def setIntersection(l1: Set, l2: Set) -> List:
     """Return a list that is a sorted set intersection of two sets"""
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ def getRelpath(html_output_file: str, target_dir: str) -> str:
 
 def recursiveCopy(source_dir: str, target_dir: str) -> None:
     """Copy the content of a source directory recursively (including subdirectories) to a target directory"""
-    dir_util.copy_tree(source_dir, target_dir)
+    distutils.dir_util.copy_tree(source_dir, target_dir)
 
 
 def isNameToken(str_: str) -> bool: