diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame_sdl2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame_sdl2/default.nix
index 6f6163bb35e..eab56f9f7ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame_sdl2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame_sdl2/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, pkgs, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+{ stdenv, pkgs, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, isPy27
 , cython, SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_ttf, SDL2_mixer, libjpeg, libpng }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     cython libjpeg libpng
   ];
 
+
+  doCheck = isPy27; # python3 tests are non-functional
+
   postInstall = ''
     ( cd "$out"/include/python*/ ;
       ln -s pygame-sdl2 pygame_sdl2 || true ; )