diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c888d67e5..1f30e4729 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ env:
   - PYVER=3.6
   - PYVER=3.7
   - PYVER=3.8
+  - PYVER=3.9
 os:
   - linux
   - osx
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ matrix:
       env:
         - CROSS=win64
         - PYVER=3.8
+    - os: linux
+      env:
+        - CROSS=win64
+        - PYVER=3.9
 
 before_script:
   - mkdir -p $HOME/roms
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7b672595b..08e3cf80d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.8.1
+
+* add python 3.9 support
+
 ## 0.8.0
 
 * add python 3.8 support
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 376d09be4..2b980f424 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Supported Pythons:
 - 3.6
 - 3.7
 - 3.8
+- 3.9
 
 Each game integration has files listing memory locations for in-game variables, reward functions based on those variables, episode end conditions, savestates at the beginning of levels and a file containing hashes of ROMs that work with these files.
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a3df0a695..6f4eebdf6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.0
+0.8.1
diff --git a/docker/linux/Dockerfile b/docker/linux/Dockerfile
index 95cc2a115..f1bd459f9 100644
--- a/docker/linux/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/linux/Dockerfile
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ RUN /opt/python/cp35-cp35m/bin/python3.5 -m venv ~/venv3.5 && \
     . ~/venv3.8/bin/activate && \
     pip install wheel && \
     pip install google-auth google-cloud-storage pytest requests && \
+    /opt/python/cp39-cp39/bin/python3.9 -m venv ~/venv3.9 && \
+    . ~/venv3.9/bin/activate && \
+    pip install wheel && \
+    pip install google-auth google-cloud-storage pytest requests && \
     rm -rf ~/.cache && \
     ln -s ~/venv$PYVER ~/venv && \
     echo "source /root/venv\$PYVER/bin/activate" > ~/.bash_profile
diff --git a/docker/linux/build_scripts/build_env.sh b/docker/linux/build_scripts/build_env.sh
index 007cdec8a..b517d2de6 100644
--- a/docker/linux/build_scripts/build_env.sh
+++ b/docker/linux/build_scripts/build_env.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # source me
 
 PYTHON_DOWNLOAD_URL=https://www.python.org/ftp/python
-CPYTHON_VERSIONS="3.5.6 3.6.7 3.7.1 3.8.2"
+CPYTHON_VERSIONS="3.5.6 3.6.7 3.7.1 3.8.2 3.9.3"
 
 # openssl version to build, with expected sha256 hash of .tar.gz
 # archive.
diff --git a/docker/scripts/install_python.sh b/docker/scripts/install_python.sh
index 30132f897..e95fb3323 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/install_python.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/install_python.sh
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ install_python 3 5 4
 install_python 3 6 6
 install_python 3 7 0
 install_python 3 8 2
+install_python 3 9 4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/windows/Dockerfile b/docker/windows/Dockerfile
index e7aa5ed53..42c907b5e 100644
--- a/docker/windows/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/windows/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ RUN apt-add-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa && \
         libpython3.5-dev python3.5-venv \
         libpython3.6-dev python3.6-venv \
         libpython3.7-dev python3.7-venv \
-        libpython3.8-dev python3.8-venv && \
+        libpython3.8-dev python3.8-venv \
+        libpython3.9-dev python3.9-venv && \
     apt-get clean
 
 RUN python3.5 -m venv ~/venv3.5 && \
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ RUN python3.5 -m venv ~/venv3.5 && \
     . ~/venv3.8/bin/activate && \
     pip install wheel && \
     pip install google-auth google-cloud-storage pytest requests && \
+    . ~/venv3.9/bin/activate && \
+    pip install wheel && \
+    pip install google-auth google-cloud-storage pytest requests && \
     rm -rf ~/.cache && \
     ln -s ~/venv$PYVER ~/venv && \
     echo "source /root/venv\$PYVER/bin/activate" > ~/.bash_profile