diff --git a/app-admin/ansible/ansible-2.4.2.0.ebuild b/app-admin/ansible/ansible-2.4.2.0.ebuild
index 682eaf4749b0b..ce8483dc71455 100644
--- a/app-admin/ansible/ansible-2.4.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/ansible/ansible-2.4.2.0.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_5 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{5,6} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1 eutils versionator
 
diff --git a/app-admin/ansible/ansible-9999.ebuild b/app-admin/ansible/ansible-9999.ebuild
index 258cf6798cfb8..3470c23efa9c9 100644
--- a/app-admin/ansible/ansible-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/ansible/ansible-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_5 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{5,6} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1 git-r3 eutils