diff --git a/dev-python/rencode/rencode-1.0.5-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/rencode/rencode-1.0.5-r1.ebuild
index 92938ecc34e6c..2dd5674cbd4a0 100644
--- a/dev-python/rencode/rencode-1.0.5-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/rencode/rencode-1.0.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="similar to bencode from the BitTorrent project"