diff --git a/dev-python/docutils/docutils-0.16.ebuild b/dev-python/docutils/docutils-0.16.ebuild
index 462d023f8a463..2e88fd1d63a18 100644
--- a/dev-python/docutils/docutils-0.16.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/docutils/docutils-0.16.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{6,7,8}} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{6,7,8,9}} pypy3 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1