diff --git a/options.conf.d/python-abis.conf b/options.conf.d/python-abis.conf
index 941d4a4..5826c7f 100644
--- a/options.conf.d/python-abis.conf
+++ b/options.conf.d/python-abis.conf
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ app-office/libreoffice python_abis: -* 3.6
 media-gfx/graphviz python_abis: -* 3.6
 net-wireless/blueman python_abis: -* 3.6
 dev-lang/clang python_abis: -* 3.6
+sys-libs/newt python_abis: -* 3.6
 
 # inox
 app-speech/speechd python_abis: -* 3.6