diff --git a/dev-python/geventhttpclient/geventhttpclient-1.3.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/geventhttpclient/geventhttpclient-1.3.1-r1.ebuild
index e8b00c55db84a..730bd48ff87a9 100644
--- a/dev-python/geventhttpclient/geventhttpclient-1.3.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/geventhttpclient/geventhttpclient-1.3.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{6,7}} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{6,7,8}} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1