diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cx_freeze/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cx_freeze/default.nix
index e9292bfa737a..dd8b1dccc1c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cx_freeze/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cx_freeze/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, ncurses }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, pythonOlder, fetchPypi, ncurses }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "cx_Freeze";
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "44bbbcea3196b79da77cc22637cb28a825b51182d32209e8a3f6cd4042edc247";
   };
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ ncurses ];
 
   # timestamp need to come after 1980 for zipfiles and nix store is set to epoch