diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/praw/6.3.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/praw/6.3.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6c2201d1f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/praw/6.3.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+, betamax
+, betamax-serializers
+, betamax-matchers
+, mock
+, six
+, pytestrunner
+, prawcore
+, pytest
+, requests-toolbelt
+, update_checker
+, websocket_client
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "praw";
+  version = "6.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "praw-dev";
+    repo = "praw";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0by89aw7m803dvjcc33m9390msjm6v5v8g3k8ink9gfm421lw8ky";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pytestrunner
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    mock
+    prawcore
+    update_checker
+    websocket_client
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    betamax
+    betamax-serializers
+    betamax-matchers
+    mock
+    pytest
+    requests-toolbelt
+    six
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python Reddit API wrapper";
+    homepage = "https://praw.readthedocs.org/";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/praw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/praw/default.nix
index 2a3d85c2b35..6c2201d1f1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/praw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/praw/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Python Reddit API wrapper";
     homepage = "https://praw.readthedocs.org/";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
-    platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8de4b638a06..416cffbbc93 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4324,7 +4324,8 @@ in {
 
   ppft = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ppft { };
 
-  praw = callPackage ../development/python-modules/praw { };
+  praw = if isPy3k then callPackage ../development/python-modules/praw { }
+    else callPackage ../development/python-modules/praw/6.3.nix { };
 
   prawcore = callPackage ../development/python-modules/prawcore { };