diff --git a/stubs/setuptools/METADATA.toml b/stubs/setuptools/METADATA.toml
index eee7ef03101e..1eb42459d561 100644
--- a/stubs/setuptools/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/setuptools/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 version = "65.6.*"
+requires = ["types-docutils"]
diff --git a/stubs/setuptools/setuptools/_distutils/command/check.pyi b/stubs/setuptools/setuptools/_distutils/command/check.pyi
index 7404e6ce0c6e..fa6dbc2e6b77 100644
--- a/stubs/setuptools/setuptools/_distutils/command/check.pyi
+++ b/stubs/setuptools/setuptools/_distutils/command/check.pyi
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 from typing import Any
-from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 
-from ..cmd import Command
+import docutils.utils
 
-_Reporter: TypeAlias = Any  # really docutils.utils.Reporter
+from ..cmd import Command
 
 # Only defined if docutils is installed.
-class SilentReporter(_Reporter):
+class SilentReporter(docutils.utils.Reporter):
     messages: Any
     def __init__(
         self,