diff --git a/dev-python/kafka-python/kafka-python-1.4.7.ebuild b/dev-python/kafka-python/kafka-python-1.4.7.ebuild
index 5a21f667e9586..6a83fc9b95079 100644
--- a/dev-python/kafka-python/kafka-python-1.4.7.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/kafka-python/kafka-python-1.4.7.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{6,7} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{6,7,8} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1