diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-compat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-compat/default.nix
index d8a314750ca..daf97b19dae 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-compat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-compat/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchurl,
   django, django_nose, six
 }:
+let x =
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   name = "django-compat-${version}";
   version = "1.0.14";
@@ -20,4 +21,5 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     homepage = https://github.com/arteria/django-compat;
     license = licenses.mit;
   };
-}
+};
+in x // {overrideBPP = x.override;}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1062d4c16fe..1f26d40af47 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10623,7 +10623,7 @@ in {
 
     # TODO improve the that multi-override necessity (the fixpoint based python
     # packages work can be the solution)
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ django_1_9 (django_compat.override {
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ django_1_9 (django_compat.overrideBPP {
       buildInputs = with self; [ (django_nose.override {
         propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ django_1_9 nose ];
       }) ];