diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_python/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_python/default.nix
index bbd74de773a..f947bf535cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_python/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, apacheHttpd, python }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, apacheHttpd, python2 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "mod_python-3.5.0";
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   passthru = { inherit apacheHttpd; };
 
-  buildInputs = [ apacheHttpd python ];
+  buildInputs = [ apacheHttpd python2 ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://modpython.org/;