diff --git a/linux/debian/control b/linux/debian/control
index 30cd2271b7..09e9f89086 100644
--- a/linux/debian/control
+++ b/linux/debian/control
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  perl,
  pkgconf,
  python3-all (>= 3.5),
+ python3-build,
  python3-dbus,
  python3-fonttools,
  python3-gi,
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  python3-requests,
  python3-sentry-sdk (>= 1.1),
  python3-setuptools,
+ python3-venv,
  python3-xdg,
  xserver-xephyr,
  xvfb,
diff --git a/linux/keyman-config/Makefile b/linux/keyman-config/Makefile
index d36bf16a0f..ad5b0d2c53 100644
--- a/linux/keyman-config/Makefile
+++ b/linux/keyman-config/Makefile
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ clean:
 check:
 	./build.sh test
 
-devdist: version
-	python3 setup.py egg_info -b.`TZ=UTC git log -1 --pretty=format:%cd --date=format-local:%Y%m%d%H%M` sdist
-
 dist: clean version
-	python3 setup.py sdist
+	# TODO: remove this if when we no longer support Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy
+	if dpkg --compare-versions "$(lsb_release -r -s)" lt 24.04; then \
+		python3 setup.py sdist ; \
+	else \
+		python3 -m build --outdir build --sdist ; \
+	fi
 
 deb: dist
 	@VERSION=$(shell echo `basename dist/*.gz .tar.gz|cut -d "-" -f2` > /tmp/keyman_version)
diff --git a/linux/keyman-config/build.sh b/linux/keyman-config/build.sh
index f121084cc3..b4b4bd0377 100755
--- a/linux/keyman-config/build.sh
+++ b/linux/keyman-config/build.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,14 @@ build_action() {
   builder_echo "Building man and help pages"
   build_man_and_help_pages
   builder_echo "Building keyman-config"
-  python3 setup.py build
+  # we use `dpkg --compare-versions` to compare the current Ubuntu version
+  if dpkg --compare-versions "$(lsb_release -r -s)" lt 24.04; then
+    # Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy has a buggy version of python3-build which doesn't work
+    # TODO: remove once we drop support for Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy
+    python3 setup.py build
+  else
+    python3 -m build --outdir build .
+  fi
 }
 
 test_action() {