diff --git a/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9999.ebuild
index 7af6e434ebe45..a020f32738768 100644
--- a/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/libvirt-python/libvirt-python-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=6
+EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_5,3_6,3_7} )