diff --git a/livecd-tools-31.0-py312-distutils-removal.patch b/livecd-tools-31.0-py312-distutils-removal.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c3e75f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/livecd-tools-31.0-py312-distutils-removal.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- livecd-tools-31.0/Makefile.py312	2022-06-15 20:49:24.000000000 +0900
++++ livecd-tools-31.0/Makefile	2023-07-27 14:10:19.460042745 +0900
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ define COMPILE_PYTHON
+ 	$(PYTHON_PROGRAM) -c "import compileall as c; c.compile_dir('$(1)', force=1)"
+ 	$(PYTHON_PROGRAM) -O -c "import compileall as c; c.compile_dir('$(1)', force=1)"
+ endef
+-PYTHONDIR := $(shell $(PYTHON_PROGRAM) -c "from __future__ import print_function; from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")
++PYTHONDIR := $(shell $(PYTHON_PROGRAM) -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('purelib', vars={'platbase': '/usr', 'base': '/usr'}))")
+ 
+ all: 
+ 
diff --git a/livecd-tools.spec b/livecd-tools.spec
index 0d0d3b5..094667f 100644
--- a/livecd-tools.spec
+++ b/livecd-tools.spec
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@
 Summary: Tools for building live CDs
 Name: livecd-tools
 Version: 31.0
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 %if 0%{?fedora}
 Epoch: 1
 %endif
 License: GPLv2
 URL: https://github.com/livecd-tools/livecd-tools
 Source0: https://releases.pagure.org/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:  livecd-tools-31.0-py312-distutils-removal.patch
 
 BuildRequires: make
 %if %{with python2}
@@ -225,6 +226,9 @@ rm -rfv %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man8/livecd-iso-to-*
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 27 2023 Mamoru TASAKA <mtasaka@fedoraproject.org> - 1:31.0-6
+- Workaround for python3.12 distutils removal
+
 * Thu Jul 20 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:31.0-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild