diff --git a/dev-python/pyfits/pyfits-3.3.ebuild b/dev-python/pyfits/pyfits-3.3.ebuild
index a7e69f4a4f6c7..867904038788f 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyfits/pyfits-3.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyfits/pyfits-3.3.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{3,4} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{3,4,5} )
+
 inherit distutils-r1 eutils multilib
 
 DESCRIPTION="Provides an interface to FITS formatted files under python"