diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bbb910e3e19..341166576c8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ if (WITH_PYTHON)
 
   # Determine where to install the python libraries.
   execute_process(
-    COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} -c "from distutils import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_python_lib(prefix='${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}', plat_specific=True))"
+    COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} -c "from sysconfig import get_path; print(get_path('platlib', 'posix_user', {'userbase': '${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}'}))"
     RESULT_VARIABLE PYTHON_SYSCONFIG_RESULT
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_SYSCONFIG_OUTPUT
     ERROR_VARIABLE PYTHON_SYSCONFIG_ERROR