diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/database/pgcli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/database/pgcli/default.nix
index 40c204812887..6b9aeb9d41ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/database/pgcli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/database/pgcli/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv
-, buildPythonApplication
+, buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , isPy3k
 , cli-helpers
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 , mock
 }:
 
-buildPythonApplication rec {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pgcli";
   version = "3.4.1";