diff --git a/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.18.ebuild b/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.18.ebuild
index a715a0d502d7b..07657d2507821 100644
--- a/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.18.ebuild
+++ b/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.18.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI="6"
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_6} )
 VALA_MIN_API_VERSION="0.34"
 VALA_MAX_API_VERSION="0.42"
 VALA_USE_DEPEND="vapigen"
diff --git a/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.19.ebuild b/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.19.ebuild
index 1b6905e5884de..368c0a122fc41 100644
--- a/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.19.ebuild
+++ b/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.19.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI="6"
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_6,3_7} )
 VALA_MIN_API_VERSION="0.34"
 VALA_MAX_API_VERSION="0.42"
 VALA_USE_DEPEND="vapigen"
diff --git a/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.20.ebuild b/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.20.ebuild
index 5934735b64556..2ae5a95c9d46d 100644
--- a/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.20.ebuild
+++ b/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.20.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_6,3_7} )
 VALA_MIN_API_VERSION="0.34"
 VALA_USE_DEPEND="vapigen"
 
diff --git a/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.21.ebuild b/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.21.ebuild
index e9a8f12b1340c..7d58048b66722 100644
--- a/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.21.ebuild
+++ b/app-i18n/ibus/ibus-1.5.21.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_6,3_7} )
 VALA_MIN_API_VERSION="0.34"
 VALA_USE_DEPEND="vapigen"