diff --git a/dev-python/eventlet/eventlet-0.24.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/eventlet/eventlet-0.24.1-r1.ebuild
index 53a7b690c00df..3ba860818805b 100644
--- a/dev-python/eventlet/eventlet-0.24.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/eventlet/eventlet-0.24.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ python_test() {
 
 python_install_all() {
 	use doc && local HTML_DOCS=( doc/_build/html/. )
-	use examples && local EXAMPLES=( examples/. )
+	if use examples; then
+		docompress -x "/usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples"
+		docinto examples
+		dodoc -r examples/.
+	fi
 	distutils-r1_python_install_all
 }
diff --git a/dev-python/eventlet/eventlet-0.24.1.ebuild b/dev-python/eventlet/eventlet-0.24.1.ebuild
index 8ec774402b7bf..dc239a70b4a9c 100644
--- a/dev-python/eventlet/eventlet-0.24.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/eventlet/eventlet-0.24.1.ebuild
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ python_test() {
 
 python_install_all() {
 	use doc && local HTML_DOCS=( doc/_build/html/. )
-	use examples && local EXAMPLES=( examples/. )
+	if use examples; then
+		docompress -x "/usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples"
+		docinto examples
+		dodoc -r examples/.
+	fi
 	distutils-r1_python_install_all
 }