diff --git a/dev-python/empy/empy-3.3.3.ebuild b/dev-python/empy/empy-3.3.3.ebuild
index f52f5e7d7d88c..ccd4cb6ea1d59 100644
--- a/dev-python/empy/empy-3.3.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/empy/empy-3.3.3.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=6
 
 DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_6} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{6,7,8}} pypy3 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1