diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dogpile.cache/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dogpile.cache/default.nix
index aff7eb0a00c9..2d23343e5ca4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dogpile.cache/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dogpile.cache/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder
 , pytest, pytestcov, mock, Mako, decorator
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "dogpile.cache";
   version = "1.0.2";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;