diff --git a/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py b/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py
index fb245b5f..b2672801 100755
--- a/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py
+++ b/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import gevent.pywsgi
 
 import flask
 
-from distutils.util import strtobool
+from distutils.util import strtobool as dustrtobool
 
 from functools import wraps
 
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 
 API_VERSION = 1.0
 
+def strtobool(stringv):
+    if stringv is None:
+        return False
+    if isinstance(stringv, bool):
+        return bool(stringv)
+    return bool(dustrtobool(stringv))
+
 # Parse the configuration file
 try:
     pvc_config_file = os.environ['PVC_CONFIG_FILE']
diff --git a/api-daemon/pvcapid/helper.py b/api-daemon/pvcapid/helper.py
index 0e284859..e3b25cde 100755
--- a/api-daemon/pvcapid/helper.py
+++ b/api-daemon/pvcapid/helper.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import flask
 import json
 import lxml.etree as etree
 
-from distutils.util import strtobool
+from distutils.util import strtobool as dustrtobool
 
 import daemon_lib.common as pvc_common
 import daemon_lib.cluster as pvc_cluster
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ import daemon_lib.vm as pvc_vm
 import daemon_lib.network as pvc_network
 import daemon_lib.ceph as pvc_ceph
 
+def strtobool(stringv):
+    if stringv is None:
+        return False
+    if isinstance(stringv, bool):
+        return bool(stringv)
+    return bool(dustrtobool(stringv))
+
 #
 # Initialization function
 #
diff --git a/api-daemon/pvcapid/provisioner.py b/api-daemon/pvcapid/provisioner.py
index c2e3a828..fd81e4d3 100755
--- a/api-daemon/pvcapid/provisioner.py
+++ b/api-daemon/pvcapid/provisioner.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import time
 import shlex
 import subprocess
 
-from distutils.util import strtobool
+from distutils.util import strtobool as dustrtobool
 
 import daemon_lib.common as pvc_common
 import daemon_lib.node as pvc_node
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ import pvcapid.libvirt_schema as libvirt_schema
 
 from pvcapid.ova import list_ova
 
+def strtobool(stringv):
+    if stringv is None:
+        return False
+    if isinstance(stringv, bool):
+        return bool(stringv)
+    return bool(dustrtobool(stringv))
+
 #
 # Exceptions (used by Celery tasks)
 #