diff --git a/stubs/setuptools/distutils/_modified.pyi b/stubs/setuptools/distutils/_modified.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e916197a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/setuptools/distutils/_modified.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from setuptools._distutils._modified import *
diff --git a/stubs/setuptools/distutils/command/install_lib.pyi b/stubs/setuptools/distutils/command/install_lib.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfcfe358c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/setuptools/distutils/command/install_lib.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from setuptools._distutils.command.install_lib import *
diff --git a/tests/check_consistent.py b/tests/check_consistent.py
index c2bff87f6..cc6180fe3 100755
--- a/tests/check_consistent.py
+++ b/tests/check_consistent.py
@@ -83,6 +83,20 @@ def check_stubs() -> None:
             assert not py_files_present, error_message
 
 
+def check_distutils() -> None:
+    """Check whether all setuptools._distutils files are re-exported from distutils."""
+
+    def all_relative_paths_in_directory(path: Path) -> set[Path]:
+        return {pyi.relative_to(path) for pyi in path.rglob("*.pyi")}
+
+    all_setuptools_files = all_relative_paths_in_directory(Path("stubs", "setuptools", "setuptools", "_distutils"))
+    all_distutils_files = all_relative_paths_in_directory(Path("stubs", "setuptools", "distutils"))
+    assert all_setuptools_files and all_distutils_files, "Looks like this test might be out of date!"
+    extra_files = all_setuptools_files - all_distutils_files
+    joined = "\n".join(f"  * {f}" for f in extra_files)
+    assert not extra_files, f"Files missing from distutils:\n{joined}"
+
+
 def check_test_cases() -> None:
     """Check that the test_cases directory contains only the correct files."""
     for _, testcase_dir in get_all_testcase_directories():
@@ -164,4 +178,5 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     check_no_symlinks()
     check_stdlib()
     check_stubs()
+    check_distutils()
     check_test_cases()