diff --git a/dev-ruby/connection_pool/connection_pool-2.2.0.ebuild b/dev-ruby/connection_pool/connection_pool-2.2.0.ebuild
index 57743fecc788c..974ea9e09f5af 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/connection_pool/connection_pool-2.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/connection_pool/connection_pool-2.2.0.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/mperham/connection_pool"
 
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ppc64 ~x86"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ppc64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
 ruby_add_bdepend "test? ( >=dev-ruby/minitest-5 )"