diff --git a/sys-devel/gdb/gdb-8.0.ebuild b/sys-devel/gdb/gdb-8.0.ebuild
index 0d6594032e043..be4e6f4f5f095 100644
--- a/sys-devel/gdb/gdb-8.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-devel/gdb/gdb-8.0.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI="6"
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4,3_5} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4,3_5,3_6} )
 
 inherit flag-o-matic eutils python-single-r1