diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask-api/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask-api/default.nix
index bbac045675fa..3bc3061b3b5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask-api/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask-api/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, flask, markdown }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, pythonOlder, fetchPypi, flask, markdown }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "Flask-API";
   version = "2.0";
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "6986642e5b25b7def710ca9489ed2b88c94006bfc06eca01c78da7cf447e66e5";