diff --git a/app-arch/patool/patool-1.12.ebuild b/app-arch/patool/patool-1.12.ebuild
index e85af20eba83a..49aba770e2b75 100644
--- a/app-arch/patool/patool-1.12.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/patool/patool-1.12.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{4,5}} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{4,5,6}} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1