diff --git a/dev-python/fonttools/fonttools-4.1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/fonttools/fonttools-4.1.0.ebuild
index 33b48da230cfb..f15fbef580114 100644
--- a/dev-python/fonttools/fonttools-4.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/fonttools/fonttools-4.1.0.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7,3_8} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="xml(+)"
 
 inherit distutils-r1 virtualx