diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/distorm3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/distorm3/default.nix
index d069c9470ced..583e4cc85742 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/distorm3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/distorm3/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
+  distutils,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pythonAtLeast,
   pythonOlder,
   pytestCheckHook,
   setuptools,
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "3.5.2";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  # Still uses distutils, https://github.com/gdabah/distorm/issues/191
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5" || pythonAtLeast "3.12";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "gdabah";
@@ -24,17 +23,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-Fhvxag2UN5wXEySP1n1pCahMQR/SfssywikeLmiASwQ=";
   };
 
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+  build-system = [
+    distutils
+    setuptools
+  ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
     yasm
   ];
 
-  disabledTests = [
-    # TypeError: __init__() missing 3 required positional...
-    "test_dummy"
-  ];
+  # TypeError: __init__() missing 3 required positional...
+  doCheck = false;
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "distorm3" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/distutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/distutils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e0a2d10d26e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/distutils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools-scm,
+  setuptools,
+  python,
+  jaraco-envs,
+  jaraco-path,
+  jaraco-text,
+  more-itertools,
+  path,
+  pyfakefs,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "distutils";
+  inherit (setuptools) version;
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pypa";
+    repo = "distutils";
+    rev = "813ab9868b353991ec7324eb09619ee5beb9183f";
+    hash = "sha256-/YtITDuZlTJRisqsQ6SrgRRUrqLZpj+k3drrouURZlc=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools-scm ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    rm -r $out/${python.sitePackages}/distutils
+    ln -s ${setuptools}/${python.sitePackages}/setuptools/_distutils $out/${python.sitePackages}/distutils
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "distutils" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    jaraco-envs
+    jaraco-path
+    jaraco-text
+    more-itertools
+    path
+    pyfakefs
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Distutils as found in cpython";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pypa/distutils";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco-envs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco-envs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c2485c7fe7e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco-envs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools-scm,
+  path,
+  tox,
+  virtualenv,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jaraco-envs";
+  version = "2.6.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jaraco";
+    repo = "jaraco.envs";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-yRMX0H6yWN8TiO/LGAr4HyrVS8ZhBjuR885/+UQscP0=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools-scm ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    path
+    tox
+    virtualenv
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "jaraco.envs" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # requires networking
+    "jaraco/envs.py"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jaraco/jaraco.envs/blob/${src.rev}/NEWS.rst";
+    description = "Classes for orchestrating Python (virtual) environments";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jaraco/jaraco.envs";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco-path/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco-path/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a492a0448b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco-path/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools-scm,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jaraco-path";
+  version = "3.7.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jaraco";
+    repo = "jaraco.path";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-P22sA138guKTlOxSxUJ0mU41W16984yYlkZea06juOM=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools-scm ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "jaraco.path" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  meta = {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jaraco/jaraco.path/blob/${src.rev}/NEWS.rst";
+    description = "Miscellaneous path functions";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jaraco/jaraco.path";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ldap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ldap/default.nix
index c54395cabe7d..4f1c9bd9636e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ldap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ldap/default.nix
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
   stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pythonAtLeast,
   pythonOlder,
 
   # build-system
+  distutils,
   setuptools,
 
   # native dependencies
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "3.4.4";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6" || pythonAtLeast "3.12"; # requires distutils
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "python-ldap";
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-v1cWoRGxbvvFnHqnwoIfmiQQcxfaA8Bf3+M5bE5PtuU=";
   };
 
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+  build-system = [
+    distutils
+    setuptools
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     openldap
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/default.nix
index 3bc6b0f9a6b1..9614680b08f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   stdenv,
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
+  distutils,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   python,
   wheel,
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # Requires pytest, causing infinite recursion.
   doCheck = false;
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    inherit distutils;
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Utilities to facilitate the installation of Python packages";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pypa/setuptools";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/thrift/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/thrift/default.nix
index f33ba9cfa2f6..4052080fc351 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/thrift/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/thrift/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
+  distutils,
   fetchPypi,
-  pythonAtLeast,
   pythonOlder,
   setuptools,
   six,
@@ -13,15 +13,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "0.20.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  # Still uses distutils
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7" || pythonAtLeast "3.12";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     hash = "sha256-TdZi6t9riuvopBcpUnvWmt9s6qKoaBy+9k0Sc7Po/ro=";
   };
 
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+  build-system = [
+    distutils
+    setuptools
+  ];
 
   dependencies = [ six ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a8567607cc9f..9e978ef41b43 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3189,6 +3189,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   distro = callPackage ../development/python-modules/distro { };
 
+  distutils = if pythonOlder "3.12" then null else callPackage ../development/python-modules/distutils { };
+
   distutils-extra = callPackage ../development/python-modules/distutils-extra { };
 
   # LTS in extended support phase
@@ -6150,6 +6152,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   jaraco-email = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jaraco-email { };
 
+  jaraco-envs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jaraco-envs { };
+
   jaraco-context = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jaraco-context { };
 
   jaraco-functools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jaraco-functools { };
@@ -6160,6 +6164,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   jaraco-net = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jaraco-net { };
 
+  jaraco-path = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jaraco-path { };
+
   jaraco-stream = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jaraco-stream { };
 
   jaraco-test = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jaraco-test { };