diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index c51a1f26f29a6b..281900b1ab035a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -1827,6 +1827,7 @@ def missing_compiler_executable(cmd_names=[]):
 
     """
     # TODO (PEP 632): alternate check without using distutils
+    # Remove with Lib/distutils/tests
     from distutils import ccompiler, sysconfig, spawn, errors
     compiler = ccompiler.new_compiler()
     sysconfig.customize_compiler(compiler)
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/import_helper.py b/Lib/test/support/import_helper.py
index 5201dc84cf6df4..ae01d4b1857858 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/import_helper.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/import_helper.py
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
+import tempfile
 import contextlib
+import ensurepip
 import _imp
 import importlib
 import importlib.util
+import importlib.resources
 import os
+import site
 import shutil
 import sys
 import unittest
 import warnings
+import zipfile
 
 from .os_helper import unlink
+from . import requires_zlib
 
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
@@ -246,3 +252,40 @@ def modules_cleanup(oldmodules):
     # do currently). Implicitly imported *real* modules should be left alone
     # (see issue 10556).
     sys.modules.update(oldmodules)
+
+
+@requires_zlib()
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def inject_setuptools():
+    sud = "SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS"
+    package = ensurepip._get_packages()["setuptools"]
+    if package.wheel_name:
+        # Use bundled wheel package
+        ensurepip_res = importlib.resources.files("ensurepip")
+        wheel_path = ensurepip_res / "_bundled" / package.wheel_name
+    else:
+        wheel_path = package.wheel_path
+    orig_path = sys.path[:]
+    if sud in os.environ:
+        orig_sud = os.environ[sud]
+    else:
+        orig_sud = None
+    os.environ[sud] = "local"
+    tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    try:
+        zf = zipfile.ZipFile(wheel_path)
+        zf.extractall(tmpdir)
+        site.addsitedir(tmpdir)
+        import setuptools._distutils
+        sys.modules["distutils"] = setuptools._distutils
+        yield
+    finally:
+        sys.path[:] = orig_path
+        if orig_sud is not None:
+            os.environ[sud] = orig_sud
+        else:
+            os.environ.pop(sud)
+        shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
+        for name in list(sys.modules):
+            if name.startswith(("setuptools", "distutils", "pkg_resources")):
+                forget(name)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_peg_generator/test_c_parser.py b/Lib/test/test_peg_generator/test_c_parser.py
index 1b3fcbb92f8292..d38d61d4209efa 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_peg_generator/test_c_parser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_peg_generator/test_c_parser.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 from test import test_tools
 from test import support
+from test.support import import_helper
 from test.support import os_helper
 from test.support.script_helper import assert_python_ok
 
@@ -88,10 +89,11 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
         # runtime overhead of spawning compiler processes.
         cls.library_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=cls.tmp_base)
         cls.addClassCleanup(shutil.rmtree, cls.library_dir)
+        cls.enterClassContext(import_helper.inject_setuptools())
 
     def setUp(self):
         self._backup_config_vars = dict(sysconfig._CONFIG_VARS)
-        cmd = support.missing_compiler_executable()
+        cmd = self.missing_compiler_executable()
         if cmd is not None:
             self.skipTest("The %r command is not found" % cmd)
         self.old_cwd = os.getcwd()
@@ -104,6 +106,38 @@ def tearDown(self):
         sysconfig._CONFIG_VARS.clear()
         sysconfig._CONFIG_VARS.update(self._backup_config_vars)
 
+    def missing_compiler_executable(self, cmd_names=()):
+        """Check if the compiler components used to build the interpreter exist.
+
+        Check for the existence of the compiler executables whose names are listed
+        in 'cmd_names' or all the compiler executables when 'cmd_names' is empty
+        and return the first missing executable or None when none is found
+        missing.
+
+        """
+        # TODO (PEP 632): alternate check without using distutils
+        # uses distutils from setuptools
+        from distutils import ccompiler, sysconfig, spawn, errors
+        compiler = ccompiler.new_compiler()
+        sysconfig.customize_compiler(compiler)
+        if compiler.compiler_type == "msvc":
+            # MSVC has no executables, so check whether initialization succeeds
+            try:
+                compiler.initialize()
+            except errors.DistutilsPlatformError:
+                return "msvc"
+        for name in compiler.executables:
+            if cmd_names and name not in cmd_names:
+                continue
+            cmd = getattr(compiler, name)
+            if cmd_names:
+                assert cmd is not None, \
+                        "the '%s' executable is not configured" % name
+            elif not cmd:
+                continue
+            if spawn.find_executable(cmd[0]) is None:
+                return cmd[0]
+
     def build_extension(self, grammar_source):
         grammar = parse_string(grammar_source, GrammarParser)
         # Because setUp() already changes the current directory to the
diff --git a/Tools/peg_generator/pegen/build.py b/Tools/peg_generator/pegen/build.py
index 5805ff63717440..30ff719a1c5af7 100644
--- a/Tools/peg_generator/pegen/build.py
+++ b/Tools/peg_generator/pegen/build.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import itertools
+import os
 import pathlib
 import sys
 import sysconfig
@@ -19,6 +20,40 @@
 TokenDefinitions = Tuple[Dict[int, str], Dict[str, int], Set[str]]
 
 
+def fixup_build_ext(cmd) -> None:
+    """Function needed to make build_ext tests pass.
+    When Python was built with --enable-shared on Unix, -L. is not enough to
+    find libpython<blah>.so, because regrtest runs in a tempdir, not in the
+    source directory where the .so lives.
+    When Python was built with in debug mode on Windows, build_ext commands
+    need their debug attribute set, and it is not done automatically for
+    some reason.
+    This function handles both of these things.  Example use:
+        cmd = build_ext(dist)
+        support.fixup_build_ext(cmd)
+        cmd.ensure_finalized()
+    Unlike most other Unix platforms, Mac OS X embeds absolute paths
+    to shared libraries into executables, so the fixup is not needed there.
+
+    Copied from distutils.tests.support.
+    """
+    if os.name == 'nt':
+        cmd.debug = sys.executable.endswith('_d.exe')
+    elif sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED'):
+        # To further add to the shared builds fun on Unix, we can't just add
+        # library_dirs to the Extension() instance because that doesn't get
+        # plumbed through to the final compiler command.
+        runshared = sysconfig.get_config_var('RUNSHARED')
+        if runshared is None:
+            cmd.library_dirs = ['.']
+        else:
+            if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+                cmd.library_dirs = []
+            else:
+                name, equals, value = runshared.partition('=')
+                cmd.library_dirs = [d for d in value.split(os.pathsep) if d]
+
+
 def get_extra_flags(compiler_flags: str, compiler_py_flags_nodist: str) -> List[str]:
     flags = sysconfig.get_config_var(compiler_flags)
     py_flags_nodist = sysconfig.get_config_var(compiler_py_flags_nodist)
@@ -51,7 +86,6 @@ def compile_c_extension(
     """
     import distutils.log
     from distutils.core import Distribution, Extension
-    from distutils.tests.support import fixup_build_ext  # type: ignore
 
     from distutils.ccompiler import new_compiler
     from distutils.dep_util import newer_group