diff --git a/dev-python/sexpdata/sexpdata-0.0.3-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/sexpdata/sexpdata-0.0.3-r1.ebuild
index 1a0df6e0c2068..5fec53a2f4fe7 100644
--- a/dev-python/sexpdata/sexpdata-0.0.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/sexpdata/sexpdata-0.0.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=(python{2_7,3_4,3_5})
+PYTHON_COMPAT=(python{2_7,3_4,3_5,3_6})
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/tkf/sexpdata/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~x86 ~amd64"
-IUSE=""
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
 
-DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND=""
+DEPEND="test? ( dev-python/nose[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
+
+python_test() {
+	nosetests || die
+}