diff --git a/dev-python/lit/lit-7.0.9999.ebuild b/dev-python/lit/lit-7.0.9999.ebuild
index 470c4cf4dbe99..c6039efff373a 100644
--- a/dev-python/lit/lit-7.0.9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/lit/lit-7.0.9999.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6,7} )
 inherit distutils-r1 git-r3 multiprocessing
 
 DESCRIPTION="A stand-alone install of the LLVM suite testing tool"
diff --git a/dev-python/lit/lit-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/lit/lit-9999.ebuild
index c4da526844d0c..9c3c669ff21b5 100644
--- a/dev-python/lit/lit-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/lit/lit-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6,7} )
 inherit distutils-r1 git-r3 multiprocessing
 
 DESCRIPTION="A stand-alone install of the LLVM suite testing tool"