diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix
index 645dfeab0193..4b1ad34b3a4e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix
@@ -467,7 +467,15 @@ in {
       ];
     })
 
-    (mkIf cfg.web.enable {
+    (mkIf cfg.web.enable (let
+      python27' = pkgs.python27.override {
+        packageOverrides = self: super: {
+          django = self.django_1_8;
+          django_tagging = self.django_tagging_0_4_3;
+        };
+      };
+      pythonPackages = python27'.pkgs;
+    in {
       systemd.services.graphiteWeb = {
         description = "Graphite Web Interface";
         wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
@@ -477,8 +485,8 @@ in {
           PYTHONPATH = let
               penv = pkgs.python.buildEnv.override {
                 extraLibs = [
-                  pkgs.python27Packages.graphite_web
-                  pkgs.python27Packages.pysqlite
+                  pythonPackages.graphite_web
+                  pythonPackages.pysqlite
                 ];
               };
               penvPack = "${penv}/${pkgs.python.sitePackages}";
@@ -516,17 +524,17 @@ in {
           fi
 
           # Only collect static files when graphite_web changes.
-          if ! [ "${dataDir}/current_graphite_web" -ef "${pkgs.python27Packages.graphite_web}" ]; then
+          if ! [ "${dataDir}/current_graphite_web" -ef "${pythonPackages.graphite_web}" ]; then
             mkdir -p ${staticDir}
             ${pkgs.pythonPackages.django_1_8}/bin/django-admin.py collectstatic  --noinput --clear
             chown -R graphite:graphite ${staticDir}
-            ln -sfT "${pkgs.python27Packages.graphite_web}" "${dataDir}/current_graphite_web"
+            ln -sfT "${pythonPackages.graphite_web}" "${dataDir}/current_graphite_web"
           fi
         '';
       };
 
-      environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.python27Packages.graphite_web ];
-    })
+      environment.systemPackages = [ pythonPackages.graphite_web ];
+    }))
 
     (mkIf cfg.api.enable {
       systemd.services.graphiteApi = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0be1ff17ee01..7013b980865a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8093,14 +8093,17 @@ in {
 
   django_tagging = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django_tagging { };
 
-  django_tagging_0_4_3 = self.django_tagging.overrideAttrs (attrs: rec {
+  django_tagging_0_4_3 = if
+       self.django != self.django_1_8
+  then throw "django_tagging_0_4_3 should be build with django_1_8"
+  else (callPackage ../development/python-modules/django_tagging {}).overrideAttrs (attrs: rec {
     name = "django-tagging-0.4.3";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://pypi/d/django-tagging/${name}.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "0617azpmp6jpg3d88v2ir97qrc9aqcs2s9gyvv9bgf2cp55khxhs";
     };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ django_1_8 ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ django ];
   });
 
   django_classytags = buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -22835,7 +22838,11 @@ EOF
     };
   };
 
-  graphite_web = buildPythonPackage rec {
+  graphite_web = if
+          self.django != self.django_1_8
+       || self.django_tagging != self.django_tagging_0_4_3
+  then throw "graphite_web should be build with django_1_8 and django_tagging_0_4_3"
+  else buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "graphite-web-${version}";
     disabled = isPy3k;
     version = graphiteVersion;
@@ -22846,7 +22853,7 @@ EOF
     };
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-      django_1_8 django_tagging_0_4_3 whisper pycairo cairocffi
+      django django_tagging whisper pycairo cairocffi
       ldap memcached pytz urllib3 scandir
     ];