diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus-python-client-gen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus-python-client-gen/default.nix
index d1646a4cef49..3c7d91ebed5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus-python-client-gen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus-python-client-gen/default.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
 , into-dbus-python
 , dbus-python
 , pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "dbus-python-client-gen";
   version = "0.8.2";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "stratis-storage";