diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_wsgi/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_wsgi/default.nix
index 4cccf237b9e2..1d8507fc4eb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_wsgi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_wsgi/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, apacheHttpd, python }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, apacheHttpd, python2 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "mod_wsgi-${version}";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "14xz422jlakdhxzsl8xs9if86yf1fnkwdg0havjyqs7my0w4qrzh";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ apacheHttpd python ];
+  buildInputs = [ apacheHttpd python2 ];
 
   patchPhase = ''
     sed -r -i -e "s|^LIBEXECDIR=.*$|LIBEXECDIR=$out/modules|" \