diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8de63331817..c58ef3afe26 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3719,12 +3719,15 @@ rec {
 
   goobook = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "goobook-1.5";
+    disabled = isPy3k;
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url    = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/g/goobook/${name}.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "05vpriy391l5i05ckl5ja5bswqyvl3rwrbmks9pi46w1813j7p5z";
     };
 
+    buildInputs = [ six ];
+
     preConfigure = ''
       sed -i '/distribute/d' setup.py
     '';