diff --git a/eclass/mate.eclass b/eclass/mate.eclass
index 7bdca60fb8a17..db511aedb1f17 100644
--- a/eclass/mate.eclass
+++ b/eclass/mate.eclass
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # @AUTHOR:
 # Authors: NP-Hardass <NP-Hardass@gentoo.org> based upon the gnome2
 # and autotools-utils eclasses
+# @SUPPORTED_EAPIS: 6
 # @BLURB: Provides phases for MATE based packages.
 # @DESCRIPTION:
 # Exports portage base functions used by ebuilds written for packages using the