diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5e30355698a..44cb3c6104d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4230,7 +4230,9 @@ in {
 
   rabbitpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rabbitpy { };
 
-  rasterio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rasterio { };
+  rasterio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rasterio {
+    gdal = pkgs.gdal_2; # gdal 3.0 not supported yet
+  };
 
   radicale_infcloud = callPackage ../development/python-modules/radicale_infcloud {};