diff --git a/databases/py-leveldb/Makefile b/databases/py-leveldb/Makefile
index 8fe8bd60accf..470beacfa752 100644
--- a/databases/py-leveldb/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-leveldb/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	leveldb
 PORTVERSION=	0.201
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	databases python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -11,10 +12,12 @@ WWW=		https://github.com/rjpower/py-leveldb
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libleveldb.so:databases/leveldb
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 localbase python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%LOCALBASE%%|${LOCALBASE}|' ${WRKSRC}/setup.py