diff --git a/dev-python/pymtp/pymtp-0.0.6.ebuild b/dev-python/pymtp/pymtp-0.0.6.ebuild
index 68a0ac427adcb..40c2e540f304a 100644
--- a/dev-python/pymtp/pymtp-0.0.6.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pymtp/pymtp-0.0.6.ebuild
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ DEPEND=${RDEPEND}
 S="${WORKDIR}"/PyMTP-${PV}
 
 python_install_all() {
-	use examples && local EXAMPLES=( examples/. )
+	if use examples; then
+		dodoc -r examples
+		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
+	fi
+
 	distutils-r1_python_install_all
 }