diff --git a/dev-python/python-musicbrainz-ngs/python-musicbrainz-ngs-0.6.ebuild b/dev-python/python-musicbrainz-ngs/python-musicbrainz-ngs-0.6.ebuild
index ed08f37e12ea0..35e315ca58253 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-musicbrainz-ngs/python-musicbrainz-ngs-0.6.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/python-musicbrainz-ngs/python-musicbrainz-ngs-0.6.ebuild
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ python_test() {
 
 python_install_all() {
 	use doc && local HTML_DOCS=( docs/_build/html/. )
-	use examples && local EXAMPLES=( examples )
+	if use examples; then
+		dodoc -r examples
+		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
+	fi
 
 	distutils-r1_python_install_all
 }