diff --git a/dev-util/systemtap/systemtap-4.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/systemtap/systemtap-4.0-r1.ebuild
index 5701ab62f0ac2..03103d13f0fb0 100644
--- a/dev-util/systemtap/systemtap-4.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/systemtap/systemtap-4.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -104,3 +104,8 @@ src_configure() {
 	PYTHON3="${PYTHON}" \
 	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
 }
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	python_optimize
+}