diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pbr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pbr/default.nix
index dbf6afe6f330..fed9e7cd81fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pbr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pbr/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, pythonAtLeast
 , setuptools
 , callPackage
 }:
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Python Build Reasonableness";
     homepage = "https://github.com/openstack/pbr";
     license = licenses.asl20;
+    broken = pythonAtLeast "3.12"; # uses removed distutils
     maintainers = teams.openstack.members;
   };
 }