diff --git a/dev-python/restkit/restkit-4.2.2.ebuild b/dev-python/restkit/restkit-4.2.2.ebuild
index 3f05d766057d8..ba931dd23c910 100644
--- a/dev-python/restkit/restkit-4.2.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/restkit/restkit-4.2.2.ebuild
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ python_test() {
 python_install_all() {
 	use cli || rm "${D}"/usr/bin/restcli* || die
 	use doc && local HTML_DOCS=( doc/_build/html/. )
-	use examples && local EXAMPLES=( examples/. )
+	if use examples; then
+		dodoc -r examples
+		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
+	fi
+
 	distutils-r1_python_install_all
 }