diff --git a/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.3.0-r200.ebuild b/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.3.0-r200.ebuild
index ba7858ff7a3c5..78b66f0860943 100644
--- a/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.3.0-r200.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.3.0-r200.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ python_compile_all() {
 }
 
 python_install_all() {
-	use examples && local EXAMPLES=( examples/. )
+	if use examples; then
+		dodoc -r examples
+		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
+	fi
 	use doc && local HTML_DOCS=( doc/_build/html/. )
 
 	distutils-r1_python_install_all
diff --git a/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.3.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.3.0.ebuild
index ec5ff06e4cdcd..0da689d23eb7a 100644
--- a/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.3.0.ebuild
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ python_compile_all() {
 }
 
 python_install_all() {
-	use examples && local EXAMPLES=( examples/. )
+	if use examples; then
+		dodoc -r examples
+		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
+	fi
 	use doc && local HTML_DOCS=( doc/_build/html/. )
 
 	distutils-r1_python_install_all
diff --git a/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.4.0-r200.ebuild b/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.4.0-r200.ebuild
index e14a399c3c39a..5b669d227eb97 100644
--- a/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.4.0-r200.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.4.0-r200.ebuild
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ python_compile_all() {
 }
 
 python_install_all() {
-	use examples && dodoc -r examples
+	if use examples; then
+		dodoc -r examples
+		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
+	fi
 	use doc && local HTML_DOCS=( doc/_build/html/. )
 
 	distutils-r1_python_install_all
diff --git a/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.4.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.4.0.ebuild
index 3731822493e3d..6463cb0c30b83 100644
--- a/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pythondialog/pythondialog-3.4.0.ebuild
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ python_compile_all() {
 }
 
 python_install_all() {
-	use examples && dodoc -r examples
+	if use examples; then
+		dodoc -r examples
+		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
+	fi
 	use doc && local HTML_DOCS=( doc/_build/html/. )
 
 	distutils-r1_python_install_all