diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cherrypy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cherrypy/default.nix
index 8e35c7c2d370..cbb8774f55fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cherrypy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cherrypy/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k
 , cheroot, contextlib2, portend, routes, six
 , setuptools_scm, zc_lockfile
 , backports_unittest-mock, objgraph, pathpy, pytest, pytestcov
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "CherryPy";
   version = "18.0.1";
 
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "3002fc47b982c3df4d08dbe5996b093fd73f85b650ab8df19e8b9b95f5c00520";