diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 22823acee24..ccfc94ef682 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4667,7 +4667,10 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  dateutil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dateutil { };
+  # Actual name of package
+  python-dateutil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dateutil { };
+  # Alias that we should deprecate
+  dateutil = self.python-dateutil;
 
   # Buildbot 0.8.7p1 needs dateutil==1.5
   dateutil_1_5 = buildPythonPackage (rec {