diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 2db2aafb8cc95..b2c1b2c4aba03 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ jobs:
         PYTHON_ARCH: '64'
         PYTEST_VERSION: '*'
         COVERAGE: 'true'
+        # Temporary fix for setuptools to use disutils from standard lib
+        # https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/17216
+        SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS: 'stdlib'
       py37_pip_openblas_32bit:
         PYTHON_VERSION: '3.7'
         PYTHON_ARCH: '32'