diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b14043a8349..61cdc637f08 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6203,6 +6203,7 @@ rec {
 
   pycurl = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "pycurl-7.19.5";
+    disabled = isPyPy; # https://github.com/pycurl/pycurl/issues/208
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/download/${name}.tar.gz";