diff --git a/dev-python/kgb/kgb-7.0.ebuild b/dev-python/kgb/kgb-7.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 81%
rename from dev-python/kgb/kgb-7.0.ebuild
rename to dev-python/kgb/kgb-7.0-r1.ebuild
index fc718ad7efc41..1dfcbc9ec48f7 100644
--- a/dev-python/kgb/kgb-7.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/kgb/kgb-7.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -25,3 +25,9 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# remove .dev tag that breaks revdeps
+	sed -i -e '/tag_build/d' setup.cfg || die
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}