diff --git a/test/integration/targets/setup_paramiko/install-Alpine-3-python-3.yml b/test/integration/targets/setup_paramiko/install-Alpine-3-python-3.yml
index a09f5b5500d..144e1e1e37d 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/setup_paramiko/install-Alpine-3-python-3.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/setup_paramiko/install-Alpine-3-python-3.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 - name: Install Paramiko for Python 3 on Alpine
   pip: # no apk package manager in core, just use pip
     name: paramiko
+  environment:
+    # Not sure why this fixes the test, but it does.
+    SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS: stdlib