diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-lint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-lint/default.nix
index a8a7fc3a7bff..b704fd7453fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-lint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-lint/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 { lib
 , fetchPypi
 , buildPythonPackage
+, isPy27
 , ansible
 , pyyaml
 , six
 , nose
 , setuptools_scm
 , ruamel_yaml
+, pathlib2
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ansible-lint";
   version = "4.2.0";
+  # pip is not able to import version info on raumel.yaml
+  disabled = isPy27;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
@@ -21,7 +25,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   format = "pyproject";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyyaml six ansible ruamel_yaml ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyyaml six ansible ruamel_yaml ]
+    ++ lib.optionals isPy27 [ pathlib2 ];
   checkInputs = [ nose ];
 
   postPatch = ''