diff --git a/dev-python/bz2file/bz2file-0.98.ebuild b/dev-python/bz2file/bz2file-0.98.ebuild
index 060aee2e16141..005da6e8e2bdf 100644
--- a/dev-python/bz2file/bz2file-0.98.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/bz2file/bz2file-0.98.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN::1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-cygwin ~amd64-fbsd"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-cygwin ~amd64-fbsd"
 IUSE=""
 
 python_test() {