diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycurl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycurl/default.nix
index 9c39961b05d..fe62d1be1ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycurl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycurl/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { buildPythonPackage
 , isPyPy
 , fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
 , curl
 , openssl
 , bottle
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pycurl";
   version = "7.43.0.6";
-  disabled = isPyPy; # https://github.com/pycurl/pycurl/issues/208
+  disabled = isPyPy || (pythonOlder "3.5"); # https://github.com/pycurl/pycurl/issues/208
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;