diff --git a/pkgs/servers/amqp/qpid-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/amqp/qpid-cpp/default.nix
index c03ec8eb7f9a..adbf156730eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/amqp/qpid-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/amqp/qpid-cpp/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, python, boost, libuuid, ruby }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, python2, boost, libuuid, ruby }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "qpid-cpp-${version}";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "07ibwvw5lm7xabv32zai5x03r7l9mxm0zk7h9lbfkzmav0f41w0w";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake python boost libuuid ruby ];
+  buildInputs = [ cmake python2 boost libuuid ruby ];
 
   # the subdir managementgen wants to install python stuff in ${python} and
   # the installation tries to create some folders in /var