diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-36-32bit.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-36-32bit.yaml
index 321cc203961d5..1e2e6c33e8c15 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-36-32bit.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-36-32bit.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ channels:
   - defaults
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
+  - attrs=19.1.0
   - gcc_linux-32
   - gcc_linux-32
   - gxx_linux-32
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.6.*
   - pytz=2017.2
   # universal
-  - pytest>=4.0.2,<5.0.0
+  - pytest
   - pytest-xdist
   - pytest-mock
   - pytest-azurepipelines
diff --git a/doc/source/install.rst b/doc/source/install.rst
index fc99b458fa0af..7d1150c2f65fa 100644
--- a/doc/source/install.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Instructions for installing from source,
 Python version support
 ----------------------
 
-Officially Python 3.5.3 and above, 3.6, and 3.7.
+Officially Python 3.5.3 and above, 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8.
 
 Installing pandas
 -----------------
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.2.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.2.rst
index 0fea95710d638..8e43d06001a5f 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.2.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.2.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ What's new in 0.25.2 (October XX, 2019)
 These are the changes in pandas 0.25.2. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
 including other versions of pandas.
 
+.. note::
+
+    Pandas 0.25.2 adds compatibility for Python 3.8 (:issue:`28147`).
+
 .. _whatsnew_0252.bug_fixes:
 
 Bug fixes
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 50f58ceaf7c2e..8cc60ba6352c2 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ def build_extensions(self):
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Cython",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
 ]