diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pybindgen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pybindgen/default.nix
index 9b5991a424c..4d8d0589eda 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pybindgen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pybindgen/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, setuptools_scm, pygccxml }:
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, isPy3k, setuptools_scm, pygccxml }:
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "PyBindGen";
   version = "0.19.0";
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   buildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
 
   checkInputs = [ pygccxml ];
+  doCheck = (!isPy3k); # Fails to import module 'cxxfilt' from pygccxml on Py3k
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/gjcarneiro/pybindgen;
@@ -19,5 +20,3 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ teto ];
   };
 }
-
-