diff --git a/dev-python/pyinotify/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pyinotify/metadata.xml
index de483c53568fa..301d2207cc291 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyinotify/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/pyinotify/metadata.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-<herd>python</herd>
+	<herd>python</herd>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/pyinotify/pyinotify-0.9.4-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/pyinotify/pyinotify-0.9.4-r1.ebuild
index 71b34d7a1e288..a2638b499d2b6 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyinotify/pyinotify-0.9.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyinotify/pyinotify-0.9.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_3,3_4} pypy )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads(+)"
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
diff --git a/dev-python/pyinotify/pyinotify-0.9.5.ebuild b/dev-python/pyinotify/pyinotify-0.9.5.ebuild
index 837f34a34ed2e..7bf821c0b2fca 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyinotify/pyinotify-0.9.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyinotify/pyinotify-0.9.5.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_3,3_4} pypy pypy3 )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads(+)"
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
diff --git a/dev-python/pyinotify/pyinotify-0.9.6.ebuild b/dev-python/pyinotify/pyinotify-0.9.6.ebuild
index 837f34a34ed2e..7bf821c0b2fca 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyinotify/pyinotify-0.9.6.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyinotify/pyinotify-0.9.6.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_3,3_4} pypy pypy3 )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads(+)"
 
 inherit distutils-r1