diff --git a/meta/classes/setuptools_build_meta.bbclass b/meta/classes/setuptools_build_meta.bbclass
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+inherit pip_install_wheel setuptools3-base
+
+DEPENDS += "python3 python3-setuptools-native python3-wheel-native"
+
+setuptools_build_meta_do_configure () {
+    mkdir -p ${S}/dist
+    cat > ${S}/build-it.py << EOF
+from setuptools import build_meta
+wheel = build_meta.build_wheel('./dist')
+print(wheel)
+EOF
+}
+
+setuptools_build_meta_do_compile () {
+    nativepython3 ${S}/build-it.py
+}
+
+EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_configure do_compile