diff --git a/libpwquality.spec b/libpwquality.spec
index e274ace32b49a9ad2171242534cc94edf982d781..3a7a78ecf38859359ee1e94988e83771f20c25c1 100644
--- a/libpwquality.spec
+++ b/libpwquality.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name: libpwquality
 Version: 1.4.4
-Release: 2
+Release: 3
 Summary: Library for password quality checking and generating random passwords.
 License: BSD or GPLv2+
 URL:     https://github.com/libpwquality/libpwquality/
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ This package provides Python3 bindings for the libpwquality library.
 %make_build
 
 %install
+# python-setuptools >= v60.0.0 changes the SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS default value to local,
+# it does't use Python's standard library distutils default.
+# As a result, failed to build libpwquality.
+# Now, set SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS value to stdlib
+export SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
 %make_install
 
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
@@ -93,6 +98,12 @@ mkdir %{buildroot}%{_secconfdir}/pwquality.conf.d
 %{_mandir}/man8/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 26 2022 yixiangzhike <yixiangzhike007@163.com> - 1.4.4-3
+- Type:bugfix
+- ID:NA
+- SUG:NA
+- DESC:fix the libpwquality build failure issue
+
 * Tue Apr 26 2022 zhangruifang2020 <zhangruifang1@h-partners.com> - 1.4.4-2
 - Type:bugfix
 - ID:NA