diff --git a/stdlib/distutils/ccompiler.pyi b/stdlib/distutils/ccompiler.pyi
index 56617d8a7..5bff20980 100644
--- a/stdlib/distutils/ccompiler.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/distutils/ccompiler.pyi
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class CCompiler:
     def execute(
         self, func: Callable[[Unpack[_Ts]], Unused], args: tuple[Unpack[_Ts]], msg: str | None = None, level: int = 1
     ) -> None: ...
-    def spawn(self, cmd: list[str]) -> None: ...
+    def spawn(self, cmd: Iterable[str]) -> None: ...
     def mkpath(self, name: str, mode: int = 0o777) -> None: ...
     @overload
     def move_file(self, src: StrPath, dst: _StrPathT) -> _StrPathT | str: ...
diff --git a/stdlib/distutils/spawn.pyi b/stdlib/distutils/spawn.pyi
index 50d89aeb9..ae07a4950 100644
--- a/stdlib/distutils/spawn.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/distutils/spawn.pyi
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+from collections.abc import Iterable
 from typing import Literal
 
 def spawn(
-    cmd: list[str], search_path: bool | Literal[0, 1] = 1, verbose: bool | Literal[0, 1] = 0, dry_run: bool | Literal[0, 1] = 0
+    cmd: Iterable[str],
+    search_path: bool | Literal[0, 1] = 1,
+    verbose: bool | Literal[0, 1] = 0,
+    dry_run: bool | Literal[0, 1] = 0,
 ) -> None: ...
 def find_executable(executable: str, path: str | None = None) -> str | None: ...
diff --git a/stubs/setuptools/@tests/stubtest_allowlist.txt b/stubs/setuptools/@tests/stubtest_allowlist.txt
index 29d7ddcc0..9b7880996 100644
--- a/stubs/setuptools/@tests/stubtest_allowlist.txt
+++ b/stubs/setuptools/@tests/stubtest_allowlist.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ setuptools._distutils.dir_util
 setuptools._distutils.fancy_getopt
 setuptools._distutils.file_util
 setuptools._distutils.log
-setuptools._distutils.spawn
 setuptools._distutils.text_file
 setuptools._distutils.unixccompiler
 setuptools._distutils.version
diff --git a/stubs/setuptools/distutils/spawn.pyi b/stubs/setuptools/distutils/spawn.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4432100c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/setuptools/distutils/spawn.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from setuptools._distutils.spawn import *
diff --git a/stubs/setuptools/setuptools/_distutils/ccompiler.pyi b/stubs/setuptools/setuptools/_distutils/ccompiler.pyi
index b0de29033..dafed2a04 100644
--- a/stubs/setuptools/setuptools/_distutils/ccompiler.pyi
+++ b/stubs/setuptools/setuptools/_distutils/ccompiler.pyi
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from _typeshed import BytesPath, StrPath, Unused
-from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, MutableSequence, Sequence
 from typing import ClassVar, Literal, TypeVar, overload
 from typing_extensions import TypeAlias, TypeVarTuple, Unpack
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class CCompiler:
     def execute(
         self, func: Callable[[Unpack[_Ts]], Unused], args: tuple[Unpack[_Ts]], msg: str | None = None, level: int = 1
     ) -> None: ...
-    def spawn(self, cmd: list[str]) -> None: ...
+    def spawn(self, cmd: MutableSequence[str]) -> None: ...
     def mkpath(self, name: str, mode: int = 0o777) -> None: ...
     @overload
     def move_file(self, src: StrPath, dst: _StrPathT) -> _StrPathT | str: ...
diff --git a/stubs/setuptools/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.pyi b/stubs/setuptools/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.pyi
index e43d941b0..5fb3f4231 100644
--- a/stubs/setuptools/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.pyi
+++ b/stubs/setuptools/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.pyi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from _typeshed import BytesPath, StrOrBytesPath, StrPath, Unused
 from abc import abstractmethod
-from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable
+from collections.abc import Callable, MutableSequence
 from typing import Any, ClassVar, TypeVar, overload
 from typing_extensions import TypeVarTuple, Unpack
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Command:
     def move_file(self, src: StrPath, dst: _StrPathT, level: Unused = 1) -> _StrPathT | str: ...
     @overload
     def move_file(self, src: BytesPath, dst: _BytesPathT, level: Unused = 1) -> _BytesPathT | bytes: ...
-    def spawn(self, cmd: Iterable[str], search_path: bool = True, level: Unused = 1) -> None: ...
+    def spawn(self, cmd: MutableSequence[str], search_path: bool = True, level: Unused = 1) -> None: ...
     @overload
     def make_archive(
         self,
diff --git a/stubs/setuptools/setuptools/_distutils/spawn.pyi b/stubs/setuptools/setuptools/_distutils/spawn.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5deb19d0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/setuptools/setuptools/_distutils/spawn.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from collections.abc import MutableSequence
+from subprocess import _ENV
+
+def spawn(
+    cmd: MutableSequence[str], search_path: bool = True, verbose: bool = False, dry_run: bool = False, env: _ENV | None = None
+) -> None: ...
+def find_executable(executable: str, path: str | None = None) -> str | None: ...