diff --git a/dev-python/geventhttpclient/Manifest b/dev-python/geventhttpclient/Manifest
index cfa49f87b88d8..2d31a0bd8a27a 100644
--- a/dev-python/geventhttpclient/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/geventhttpclient/Manifest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-DIST geventhttpclient-1.3.1.tar.gz 55050 SHA256 84a7d806c764fb89fd4d6cf9c09b2a1c3ba9cd15a1bad3f96e4c6e57c1e79b58 SHA512 79b79ae63d2733771f72d5b96adafbbe3a5133d41e6263913b908266519ba43eb05e86d0e0af8e9e3d21b07a0686888534b058f9ce46a1dbef3a89d8a5ef4f83 WHIRLPOOL 4ca928d00ccb39066d3b927ebeaa3c263717a26b7d4b84df152ff9b2474be7c2b8c481975cee6c070039d1d875b0ac83287608712ffe68acc4163e27bb405c93
+DIST geventhttpclient-1.3.1.tar.gz 82598 SHA256 bd87af8854f5fb05738916c8973671f7035568aec69b7c842887d6faf9c0a01d SHA512 a50486e1485c449a821176f0aa139cb05a3c7675fb045086e086cc7bb71d6e1d75191fae6972b381e7e69dba89d23c387464503845badd29fa361e03aa866079 WHIRLPOOL 960241f8758e35314caa293b512d15b50b8fcad451ca86f26abdf59a51284d57558aa42679ffff497eccc683fe140b43bbbbc3c808fca98a882e3ae517aa744e
diff --git a/dev-python/geventhttpclient/geventhttpclient-1.3.1.ebuild b/dev-python/geventhttpclient/geventhttpclient-1.3.1.ebuild
index 4544d536236c8..16dc2760a07da 100644
--- a/dev-python/geventhttpclient/geventhttpclient-1.3.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/geventhttpclient/geventhttpclient-1.3.1.ebuild
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ DEPEND="
 	)
 "
 
+python_prepare_all() {
+	# https://github.com/gwik/geventhttpclient/pull/82
+	rm -rf src/geventhttpclient/tests/__pycache__ || die
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
 python_test() {
 	# Ignore tests which require network access
 	py.test src/geventhttpclient/tests --ignore \