diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gipc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gipc/default.nix
index 3fe26f4a934..04dc8b0c068 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gipc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gipc/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     '';
     homepage = "http://gehrcke.de/gipc";
     license = licenses.mit;
+    # gipc only has support for older versions of gevent
+    broken = versionOlder "1.6" gevent.version;
   };
 
 }