diff --git a/dev-python/backports/backports-1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/backports/backports-1.0.ebuild
index 3859037d5e641..b2d5b07b2588b 100644
--- a/dev-python/backports/backports-1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/backports/backports-1.0.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6} pypy{,3} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6,7} pypy{,3} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1