diff --git a/dev-python/distlib/distlib-0.3.0.ebuild b/dev-python/distlib/distlib-0.3.0.ebuild
index c0fc78b793979..52de047b08ed0 100644
--- a/dev-python/distlib/distlib-0.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/distlib/distlib-0.3.0.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SRC_URI="
 
 LICENSE="PSF-2"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
 
 distutils_enable_tests setup.py