diff --git a/dev-python/installer/installer-0.5.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/installer/installer-0.5.1-r1.ebuild
index a29b236242cad..39b7336c9b898 100644
--- a/dev-python/installer/installer-0.5.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/installer/installer-0.5.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -35,3 +35,8 @@ distutils_enable_tests pytest
 python_compile() {
 	python_domodule src/installer "${WORKDIR}"/*.dist-info
 }
+
+python_install() {
+	distutils-r1_python_install
+	python_optimize
+}