diff --git a/iptc/util.py b/iptc/util.py
index 04fe905..6c1592c 100644
--- a/iptc/util.py
+++ b/iptc/util.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import sys
 import ctypes
 import ctypes.util
-from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib
 from itertools import product
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 from sys import version_info
@@ -14,6 +13,12 @@ def get_config_var(name):
         if name == 'SO':
             return '.so'
         raise Exception('Not implemented')
+try:
+    from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    import sysconfig
+    def get_python_lib():
+        return sysconfig.get_path("purelib")
 
 
 def _insert_ko(modprobe, modname):
diff --git a/iptc/version.py b/iptc/version.py
index 8a2f162..e67fbc7 100644
--- a/iptc/version.py
+++ b/iptc/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 __pkgname__ = "python-iptables"
-__version__ = "1.0.2-dev"
+__version__ = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c3e4a46..1929f93 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 """python-iptables setup script"""
 
 from setuptools import setup, Extension
-#from distutils.core import setup, Extension
 
 # make pyflakes happy
 __pkgname__ = None