diff --git a/dev-python/http-parser/http-parser-0.8.3.ebuild b/dev-python/http-parser/http-parser-0.8.3.ebuild
index 534c30604b62e..5337b6d349467 100644
--- a/dev-python/http-parser/http-parser-0.8.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/http-parser/http-parser-0.8.3.ebuild
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ python_compile() {
 
 python_install_all() {
 	local DOCS=( README.rst )
-	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
 }