diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-245_rc1-r1.ebuild b/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-245_rc1-r1.ebuild
index 7cc15ae19c70f..81388352a216b 100644
--- a/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-245_rc1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-245_rc1-r1.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
 fi
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
 
 inherit bash-completion-r1 linux-info meson multilib-minimal ninja-utils pam python-any-r1 systemd toolchain-funcs udev usr-ldscript
 
diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild b/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
index bd1895a72e59c..c8a077c2cf854 100644
--- a/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
 fi
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
 
 inherit bash-completion-r1 linux-info meson multilib-minimal ninja-utils pam python-any-r1 systemd toolchain-funcs udev usr-ldscript