diff --git a/dev-python/python-distutils-extra/python-distutils-extra-2.39.ebuild b/dev-python/python-distutils-extra/python-distutils-extra-2.39.ebuild
index b7fefd2914f53..3f0df9ae83554 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-distutils-extra/python-distutils-extra-2.39.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/python-distutils-extra/python-distutils-extra-2.39.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4,3_5} pypy{,3} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4,3_5,3_6} pypy{,3} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1