diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-38.5.1.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-38.5.1.ebuild
index eaf165a05dd6a..179f967e99bcd 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-38.5.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-38.5.1.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
 else
 	SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.zip"
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-fbsd"
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-fbsd"
 fi
 
 DESCRIPTION="Collection of extensions to Distutils"