diff --git a/skbuild/resources/cmake/FindPythonExtensions.cmake b/skbuild/resources/cmake/FindPythonExtensions.cmake
index 59b30c2..62298d5 100644
--- a/skbuild/resources/cmake/FindPythonExtensions.cmake
+++ b/skbuild/resources/cmake/FindPythonExtensions.cmake
@@ -254,19 +254,23 @@ endif()
 include(targetLinkLibrariesWithDynamicLookup)
 
 set(_command "
-import distutils.sysconfig
+import sys
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3,10):
+  import sysconfig
+else:
+  from distutils import sysconfig
 import itertools
 import os
 import os.path
 import site
-import sys
 
 result = None
 rel_result = None
 candidate_lists = []
 
 try:
-    candidate_lists.append((distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(),))
+    candidate_lists.append((sysconfig.get_python_lib(),))
 except AttributeError: pass
 
 try:
@@ -293,7 +297,7 @@ sys.stdout.write(\";\".join((
     sys.prefix,
     result,
     rel_result,
-    distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('EXT_SUFFIX')
+    sysconfig.get_config_var('EXT_SUFFIX')
 )))
 ")