diff --git a/dev-python/confluent-kafka/confluent-kafka-1.7.0.ebuild b/dev-python/confluent-kafka/confluent-kafka-1.7.0.ebuild
index ddafad0aed..4f26be8b1e 100644
--- a/dev-python/confluent-kafka/confluent-kafka-1.7.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/confluent-kafka/confluent-kafka-1.7.0.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_8 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8,9} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1