diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-json-logger/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-json-logger/default.nix
index 0657434d9d1..d21e1dfccc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-json-logger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-json-logger/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 { stdenv
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, isPy27
 , nose
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "2.0.1";
   pname = "python-json-logger";
+  disabled = isPy27;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;