diff --git a/dev-util/ninja/ninja-1.7.2.ebuild b/dev-util/ninja/ninja-1.7.2.ebuild
index e770eda02832a..00220b01643ed 100644
--- a/dev-util/ninja/ninja-1.7.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/ninja/ninja-1.7.2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4,3_5} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4,3_5,3_6} )
 
 inherit bash-completion-r1 elisp-common python-any-r1 toolchain-funcs
 
diff --git a/dev-util/ninja/ninja-9999.ebuild b/dev-util/ninja/ninja-9999.ebuild
index cb812205a32f5..4dc6e68bbf616 100644
--- a/dev-util/ninja/ninja-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/ninja/ninja-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4,3_5} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4,3_5,3_6} )
 
 inherit bash-completion-r1 elisp-common python-any-r1 toolchain-funcs