diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c2f17a66dfc..75d1f94d013 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5559,6 +5559,7 @@ let
   pyfribidi = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.11.0";
     name = "pyfribidi-${version}";
+    disabled = isPy3k;
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyfribidi/${name}.zip";