diff --git a/dev-python/tvdb_api/tvdb_api-1.9.ebuild b/dev-python/tvdb_api/tvdb_api-1.9.ebuild
index 0f998e82e445d..673194ddc47e2 100644
--- a/dev-python/tvdb_api/tvdb_api-1.9.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/tvdb_api/tvdb_api-1.9.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT="python2_7"
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
 inherit distutils-r1 vcs-snapshot
 
 DESCRIPTION="Python interface to thetvdb.com API"