diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/2_5.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/2_5.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0c40550c9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/2_5.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, docutils
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "Pygments";
+  version = "2.5.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "98c8aa5a9f778fcd1026a17361ddaf7330d1b7c62ae97c3bb0ae73e0b9b6b0fe";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ docutils ];
+
+  # Circular dependency with sphinx
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://pygments.org/";
+    description = "A generic syntax highlighter";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4b1d0ff01fc..d6b46fa9e76 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5267,7 +5267,10 @@ in {
 
   pyglet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyglet {};
 
-  pygments = callPackage ../development/python-modules/Pygments { };
+  pygments = if isPy3k then
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/Pygments { }
+  else
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/Pygments/2_5.nix { };
 
   pygpgme = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygpgme { };