diff --git a/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rtimu/0001-setup.py-Port-to-use-setuptools.patch b/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rtimu/0001-setup.py-Port-to-use-setuptools.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77eca99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rtimu/0001-setup.py-Port-to-use-setuptools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From f5ab30abd37ee884fb3ccaad0a8d21108ca2c812 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 21:37:19 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] setup.py: Port to use setuptools
+
+Needed to get it going with wheel, distutils is deprecated for long
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ Linux/python/setup.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Linux/python/setup.py b/Linux/python/setup.py
+index e429e6f..da96843 100644
+--- a/Linux/python/setup.py
++++ b/Linux/python/setup.py
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+ #//  OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+ #//  SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ 
+-from distutils.core import setup, Extension
++from setuptools import setup, Extension
+ import os.path
+ 
+ RTIMU_sources = [
+-- 
+2.35.1
+
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rtimu_git.bb b/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rtimu_git.bb
index c9f1cec..213a0b6 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rtimu_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rtimu_git.bb
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://../../LICENSE;md5=96cdecb41125f498958e09b72faf318e"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/RPi-Distro/RTIMULib.git;protocol=http;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0001-include-asm-ioctl.h-for-ioctl-define.patch;patchdir=../.. \
+           file://0001-setup.py-Port-to-use-setuptools.patch;patchdir=../.. \
           "
 SRCREV = "b949681af69b45f0f7f4bb53b6770037b5b02178"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git/Linux/python"
-
+PYPA_WHEEL = "${B}/dist/RTIMULib-7.2.1-*.whl"
 inherit setuptools3