diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zipp/1.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zipp/1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d7447a26159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zipp/1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, setuptools_scm
+, pytest
+, pytest-flake8
+, more-itertools
+, toml
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zipp";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0v3qayhqv7vyzydpydwcp51bqciw8p2ajddw68x5k8zppc0vx3yk";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ more-itertools ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest pytest-flake8 ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest
+  '';
+
+  # Prevent infinite recursion with pytest
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Pathlib-compatible object wrapper for zip files";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jaraco/zipp";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0aa27ff933e..f16c0110a63 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6493,7 +6493,10 @@ in {
 
   zha-quirks = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zha-quirks { };
 
-  zipp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zipp { };
+  zipp = if pythonOlder "3.6" then
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/zipp/1.nix { }
+  else 
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/zipp { };
 
   zope_broken = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_broken { };