diff --git a/dev-ruby/syntax/syntax-1.2.2.ebuild b/dev-ruby/syntax/syntax-1.2.2.ebuild
index c2670433e227e..7eb80b76d0dfb 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/syntax/syntax-1.2.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/syntax/syntax-1.2.2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-USE_RUBY="ruby23 ruby24 ruby25 ruby26"
+USE_RUBY="ruby24 ruby25 ruby26 ruby27"
 
 RUBY_FAKEGEM_RECIPE_DOC="rdoc"