diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asgiref/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asgiref/default.nix
index 2aee0db4bae..155ddf8c9f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asgiref/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asgiref/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, async-timeout, pytest, pytest-asyncio }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, pythonOlder, fetchFromGitHub, async-timeout, pytest, pytest-asyncio }:
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "2.3.2";
   pname = "asgiref";
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
   # PyPI tarball doesn't include tests directory
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "django";