diff --git a/dev-python/ijson/ijson-2.3.ebuild b/dev-python/ijson/ijson-2.3.ebuild
index cb1eddd040e00..999c8af9568c6 100644
--- a/dev-python/ijson/ijson-2.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ijson/ijson-2.3.ebuild
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=5
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4,3_5} )
+EAPI=6
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4,3_5,3_6} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1