diff --git a/dev-python/pymemcache/files/pymemcache-3.5.0-no-coverage.patch b/dev-python/pymemcache/files/pymemcache-3.5.0-no-coverage.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a66193c2e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pymemcache/files/pymemcache-3.5.0-no-coverage.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/setup.cfg
++++ b/setup.cfg
+@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
+ 	--tb=short
+ 	--capture=no
+ 	-rfEsxX
+-	--cov=pymemcache --cov-config=setup.cfg --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term-missing
+ 	-m unit
+ markers = 
+ 	unit
diff --git a/dev-python/pymemcache/pymemcache-3.5.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pymemcache/pymemcache-3.5.0.ebuild
index adacf799ab..60e233f679 100644
--- a/dev-python/pymemcache/pymemcache-3.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pymemcache/pymemcache-3.5.0.ebuild
@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@ DEPEND="
 	)
 "
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-no-coverage.patch" )
+
 distutils_enable_tests pytest