diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyopengl-accelerate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyopengl-accelerate/default.nix
index c6839bba9896..195ec563d50f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyopengl-accelerate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyopengl-accelerate/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
+, pythonAtLeast
 , fetchPypi
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyopengl-accelerate";
   version = "3.1.5";
+  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.10"; # fails to compile
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     pname = "PyOpenGL-accelerate";