diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-18.2-r3.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-18.2-r3.ebuild
index 87912e7c83628..1ddb628d9c4c1 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-18.2-r3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-18.2-r3.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 EAPI="5"
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{3,4} pypy pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{3,4,5} pypy pypy3 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1