From f28ecc5808ba1c562ebf7c557d7817f3fe92823d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Murray <radarhere@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:45:24 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Document how to install on MinGW when setuptools >= 60

---
 docs/installation.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index ac54b037d..dc1cd8653 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ Many of Pillow's features require external libraries:
             mingw-w64-x86_64-libimagequant \
             mingw-w64-x86_64-libraqm
 
+    https://www.msys2.org/docs/python/ states that setuptools >= 60 does not work with
+    MSYS2. To workaround this, before installing Pillow you must run::
+
+        export SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
+
 .. tab:: FreeBSD
 
     .. Note:: Only FreeBSD 10 and 11 tested