diff --git a/dev-python/thriftrw/files/thriftrw-1.8.1-no-install-examples.patch b/dev-python/thriftrw/files/thriftrw-1.8.1-no-install-examples.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0cc8641076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/thriftrw/files/thriftrw-1.8.1-no-install-examples.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
+     author='Abhinav Gupta',
+     author_email='abg@uber.com',
+     url='https://github.com/thriftrw/thriftrw-python',
+-    packages=find_packages(exclude=('tests', 'tests.*')),
++    packages=find_packages(exclude=('tests', 'tests.*', 'examples', 'examples*')),
+     license='MIT',
+     install_requires=['six', 'ply'],
+     tests_require=['pytest', 'mock'],
diff --git a/dev-python/thriftrw/thriftrw-1.8.1.ebuild b/dev-python/thriftrw/thriftrw-1.8.1.ebuild
index 230a5c2003..7ae0e668c9 100644
--- a/dev-python/thriftrw/thriftrw-1.8.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/thriftrw/thriftrw-1.8.1.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI="8"
+EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
 
@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@ DEPEND="
 	)
 "
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-no-install-examples.patch" )
+
 distutils_enable_tests pytest