diff --git a/japanese/py-jaconv/Makefile b/japanese/py-jaconv/Makefile
index d54d511c6a91..99d1994c6557 100644
--- a/japanese/py-jaconv/Makefile
+++ b/japanese/py-jaconv/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	jaconv
 PORTVERSION=	0.3.4
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	japanese python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Japanese character interconverter for Hiragana, Katakana, Hankaku, Zenkaku and more
 WWW=		https://ikegami-yukino.github.io/jaconv/jaconv.html \
 		https://github.com/ikegami-yukino/jaconv
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/japanese/py-jaconv/files/patch-setup.py b/japanese/py-jaconv/files/patch-setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e5d1463d06c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/japanese/py-jaconv/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- setup.py.orig	2023-02-17 17:05:21 UTC
++++ setup.py
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ setup(name='jaconv',
+           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
+           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11', 'Topic :: Text Processing'
+       ],
+-      data_files=[('', ['README.rst', 'CHANGES.rst'])],
++      package_data={'': ['README.rst', 'CHANGES.rst']},
+       long_description='%s\n\n%s' %
+       (open('README.rst', encoding='utf8').read(),
+        open('CHANGES.rst', encoding='utf8').read()),