diff --git a/dev-python/hunter/hunter-3.3.8.ebuild b/dev-python/hunter/hunter-3.3.8.ebuild
index 99d13170ba..c2252fc8c0 100644
--- a/dev-python/hunter/hunter-3.3.8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/hunter/hunter-3.3.8.ebuild
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..9} )
-
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Hunter is a flexible code tracing toolkit"
@@ -20,8 +18,9 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 
 RDEPEND="dev-python/colorama[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-DEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
+DEPEND="dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/setuptools_scm-3.3.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? (
 		dev-python/aspectlib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/ipdb[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
@@ -31,28 +30,47 @@ DEPEND="
 		dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)
 "
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/setuptools_scm-3.3.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
 
+DOCS=( AUTHORS.rst CHANGELOG.rst README.rst )
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/remove-setuptools_scm-upper-constraint.patch" )
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 distutils_enable_sphinx docs ">=dev-python/sphinx-py3doc-enhanced-theme-2.3.2"
 
 python_compile() {
-	distutils-r1_python_compile
+	# native extension build fails with python3.10
+	# https://github.com/ionelmc/python-hunter/issues/104
+	if [[ ${EPYTHON} == python3.10 ]]; then
+		SETUPPY_NOEXT="yes" distutils-r1_python_compile
+		return
+	fi
 
+	distutils-r1_python_compile
 	if use test; then
 		"${EPYTHON}" tests/setup.py build_ext --force --inplace || die
 	fi
 }
 
 python_test() {
+	local PUREPYTHONHUNTER
 	local -x PYTHONPATH="${S}/tests:${BUILD_DIR}/lib:${PYTHONPATH}"
-	epytest -vv \
-		--deselect tests/test_remote.py::test_manhole \
-		--deselect tests/test_remote.py::test_manhole_clean_exit \
-		|| die
+	local epytest_args=(
+		--deselect tests/test_remote.py::test_gdb
+		--deselect tests/test_remote.py::test_gdb_clean_exit
+		--deselect tests/test_remote.py::test_manhole
+		--deselect tests/test_remote.py::test_manhole_clean_exit
+	)
+
+	if [[ ${EPYTHON} == python3.10 ]]; then
+		epytest_args+=(
+			--deselect tests/test_cookbook.py::test_probe
+			--deselect tests/test_tracer.py::test_perf_filter[pure]
+			--deselect tests/test_tracer.py::test_perf_stdlib[pure]
+			--deselect tests/test_tracer.py::test_perf_actions[pure]
+			--deselect tests/test_tracer.py::test_proper_backend
+		)
+		PUREPYTHONHUNTER="yes"
+	fi
+
+	epytest "${epytest_args[@]}"
 }