diff --git a/dev-python/nltk/nltk-3.5.ebuild b/dev-python/nltk/nltk-3.5.ebuild
index 8f9f7024193bc..c01b3203dde21 100644
--- a/dev-python/nltk/nltk-3.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/nltk/nltk-3.5.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=7
 
 DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="sqlite,tk?,xml(+)"
 
 inherit distutils-r1