diff --git a/www/py-waitress/Makefile b/www/py-waitress/Makefile
index a03fa2a3df1b..f6c1556210c5 100644
--- a/www/py-waitress/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-waitress/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 # Created by: Olivier Duchateau
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	waitress
-PORTVERSION=	0.8.8
+PORTVERSION=	0.8.9
 CATEGORIES=	www python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	olivierd@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python WSGI server
 
 LICENSE=	ZPL21
 
 USE_PYTHON=	yes
-USE_PYDISTUTILS=	easy_install
+USE_PYDISTUTILS=	yes
 PYDISTUTILS_AUTOPLIST=	yes
 
 pre-patch:
 	@${CP} ${FILESDIR}/MANIFEST.in ${WRKSRC}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/py-waitress/distinfo b/www/py-waitress/distinfo
index 5d03fa10d255..548484511119 100644
--- a/www/py-waitress/distinfo
+++ b/www/py-waitress/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (waitress-0.8.8.tar.gz) = ba8dd1fd5992eb4b1192923bb606e9be8b9b66e9c006cc0a570f93bccf358a5c
-SIZE (waitress-0.8.8.tar.gz) = 119311
+SHA256 (waitress-0.8.9.tar.gz) = 826527dc9d334ed4ed76cdae672fdcbbccf614186657db71679ab58df869458a
+SIZE (waitress-0.8.9.tar.gz) = 121048