diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-197-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-197-r1.ebuild
index 126f4cfba3..dbe7b3b3d3 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-197-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-197-r1.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_6 python2_7 )
 inherit autotools-utils bash-completion-r1 linux-info pam \
 	python-single-r1 systemd
 
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-204.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-204.ebuild
index 89437bfaf4..ad4a2a0a51 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-204.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-204.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 EAPI=5
 
 AUTOTOOLS_PRUNE_LIBTOOL_FILES=all
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_6 python2_7 )
 inherit autotools-utils linux-info multilib pam python-single-r1 systemd toolchain-funcs udev user
 
 DESCRIPTION="System and service manager for Linux"