diff --git a/net-wireless/gr-iio/gr-iio-0.3-r1.ebuild b/net-wireless/gr-iio/gr-iio-0.3-r1.ebuild
index 1c3c53b27..955dfc115 100644
--- a/net-wireless/gr-iio/gr-iio-0.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-wireless/gr-iio/gr-iio-0.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-inherit cmake-utils
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
+
+inherit cmake-utils python-single-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="GNU Radio IIO Blocks"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/gr-iio"
diff --git a/net-wireless/gr-iio/gr-iio-9999.ebuild b/net-wireless/gr-iio/gr-iio-9999.ebuild
index 463e9ee54..b70ae3650 100644
--- a/net-wireless/gr-iio/gr-iio-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-wireless/gr-iio/gr-iio-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-inherit cmake-utils git-r3
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
+
+inherit cmake-utils python-single-r1 git-r3
 
 DESCRIPTION="GNU Radio IIO Blocks"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/gr-iio"