diff --git a/dev-python/btrfsutil/btrfsutil-6.12.ebuild b/dev-python/btrfsutil/btrfsutil-6.12-r1.ebuild
similarity index 91%
rename from dev-python/btrfsutil/btrfsutil-6.12.ebuild
rename to dev-python/btrfsutil/btrfsutil-6.12-r1.ebuild
index fd6e43e52785f..e9ae866d6263c 100644
--- a/dev-python/btrfsutil/btrfsutil-6.12.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/btrfsutil/btrfsutil-6.12-r1.ebuild
@@ -44,3 +44,10 @@ src_unpack() {
 		default
 	fi
 }
+
+src_install() {
+	distutils-r1_src_install
+
+	rm "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/${PF}/README.md || die
+	dodoc "${S}"/../README.md
+}