diff --git a/dev-python/cov-core/cov-core-1.15.0.ebuild b/dev-python/cov-core/cov-core-1.15.0.ebuild
index 1fe596a9b51b6..fc38a645d1fd4 100644
--- a/dev-python/cov-core/cov-core-1.15.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/cov-core/cov-core-1.15.0.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_3,3_4} pypy pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_3,3_4,3_5} pypy pypy3 )
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="plugin core for use by pytest-cov, nose-cov and nose2-cov"