diff --git a/dev-python/distlib/distlib-0.3.0.ebuild b/dev-python/distlib/distlib-0.3.0.ebuild
index 43d1eeb97da8c..dd67675e60e59 100644
--- a/dev-python/distlib/distlib-0.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/distlib/distlib-0.3.0.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=7
 
 DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{6,7,8}} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{6,7,8,9}} pypy3 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1 vcs-snapshot