diff --git a/sci-electronics/lxi-tools/lxi-tools-2.1.ebuild b/sci-electronics/lxi-tools/lxi-tools-2.1.ebuild
index 47e2a4cb06..7e9f3b342f 100644
--- a/sci-electronics/lxi-tools/lxi-tools-2.1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-electronics/lxi-tools/lxi-tools-2.1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-inherit meson gnome2-utils xdg-utils
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_9,3_10,3_11} )
+inherit meson python-any-r1 gnome2-utils xdg-utils
 
 DESCRIPTION="Tools to access devices with LXI"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/lxi-tools/lxi-tools"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	)
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
 
 src_configure() {
 	local emesonargs=(