diff --git a/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-26.0.ebuild b/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-26.0.ebuild
index c2a9e0a05f594..01d4ceade5f6a 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-26.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-26.0.ebuild
@@ -92,4 +92,7 @@ src_install() {
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/ibacm.init ibacm
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/iwpmd.init iwpmd
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/srpd.init srpd
+
+	use python && python_optimize
+
 }
diff --git a/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-26.1.ebuild b/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-26.1.ebuild
index e879e9b2b999d..ef62e9d9e81bf 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-26.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-26.1.ebuild
@@ -92,4 +92,6 @@ src_install() {
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/ibacm.init ibacm
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/iwpmd.init iwpmd
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/srpd.init srpd
+
+	use python && python_optimize
 }
diff --git a/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-27.0.ebuild b/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-27.0.ebuild
index d010fa4ea0229..be00b10a0c1f6 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-27.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-27.0.ebuild
@@ -92,4 +92,6 @@ src_install() {
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/ibacm.init ibacm
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/iwpmd.init iwpmd
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/srpd.init srpd
+
+	use python && python_optimize
 }
diff --git a/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-9999.ebuild b/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-9999.ebuild
index a4b748ab4b1db..a72f49a1997de 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/rdma-core/rdma-core-9999.ebuild
@@ -90,4 +90,6 @@ src_install() {
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/ibacm.init ibacm
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/iwpmd.init iwpmd
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/srpd.init srpd
+
+	use python && python_optimize
 }