diff --git a/dev-python/tempita/tempita-0.5.3-r2.ebuild b/dev-python/tempita/tempita-0.5.3-r2.ebuild
index 6fff23d537e4c..2206113d2e4dd 100644
--- a/dev-python/tempita/tempita-0.5.3-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/tempita/tempita-0.5.3-r2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python{2_7,3_{6,7}} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python{2_7,3_{6,7,8}} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1