diff --git a/dev-python/backports-unittest-mock/backports-unittest-mock-1.2.1.ebuild b/dev-python/backports-unittest-mock/backports-unittest-mock-1.2.1.ebuild
index efb3269eaaa57..bf5fd57e076d4 100644
--- a/dev-python/backports-unittest-mock/backports-unittest-mock-1.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/backports-unittest-mock/backports-unittest-mock-1.2.1.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${MY_PN}/${MY_PN}-${PV}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE="doc test"
 
 RDEPEND="dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"