diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dill/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dill/default.nix
index 4107e62c7ed1..2f366abf602d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dill/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dill/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , python
+, pythonOlder
 , setuptools
 
 # passthru tests
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "0.3.7";
   format = "pyproject";
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "uqfoundation";
     repo = pname;