diff --git a/dev-util/meson/meson-0.48.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/meson/meson-0.48.0-r1.ebuild
index fec1d8e3fd859..d0fbb01b47226 100644
--- a/dev-util/meson/meson-0.48.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/meson/meson-0.48.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{5,6} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{5,6,7} )
 
 if [[ ${PV} = *9999* ]]; then
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson"
diff --git a/dev-util/meson/meson-9999.ebuild b/dev-util/meson/meson-9999.ebuild
index a02f93d684e4d..aace7f3caa4f4 100644
--- a/dev-util/meson/meson-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/meson/meson-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{5,6} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{5,6,7} )
 
 if [[ ${PV} = *9999* ]]; then
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson"