diff --git a/dev-python/kombu/kombu-3.0.34.ebuild b/dev-python/kombu/kombu-3.0.34.ebuild
index 936e3fa5b9203..d13824fea3a59 100644
--- a/dev-python/kombu/kombu-3.0.34.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/kombu/kombu-3.0.34.ebuild
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 # Req'd for test phase
 DISTUTILS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD=1
 
-PY27_REQUSE="$(python_gen_useflags 'python2.7')"
+PY27_REQUSE="$(python_gen_useflags 'python2*')"
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	sqs? ( ${PY27_REQUSE} )
 	doc? ( ${PY27_REQUSE} amqplib sqs )"	# 2 deps in doc build are py2 capable only
diff --git a/dev-python/kombu/kombu-3.0.37.ebuild b/dev-python/kombu/kombu-3.0.37.ebuild
index 27bb007610a50..0678a772c1fb7 100644
--- a/dev-python/kombu/kombu-3.0.37.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/kombu/kombu-3.0.37.ebuild
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 # Req'd for test phase
 DISTUTILS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD=1
 
-PY27_REQUSE="$(python_gen_useflags 'python2.7')"
+PY27_REQUSE="$(python_gen_useflags 'python2*')"
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	sqs? ( ${PY27_REQUSE} )
 	doc? ( ${PY27_REQUSE} amqplib sqs )"	# 2 deps in doc build are py2 capable only