diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mako/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mako/default.nix
index 2e31d43b92b7..5e58f90b58d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mako/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mako/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  stdenv,
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   pythonOlder,
@@ -49,15 +50,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytestCheckHook
   ] ++ lib.flatten (lib.attrValues passthru.optional-dependencies);
 
-  disabledTests = lib.optionals isPyPy [
-    # https://github.com/sqlalchemy/mako/issues/315
-    "test_alternating_file_names"
-    # https://github.com/sqlalchemy/mako/issues/238
-    "test_file_success"
-    "test_stdin_success"
-    # fails on pypy2.7
-    "test_bytestring_passthru"
-  ];
+  disabledTests =
+    lib.optionals isPyPy [
+      # https://github.com/sqlalchemy/mako/issues/315
+      "test_alternating_file_names"
+      # https://github.com/sqlalchemy/mako/issues/238
+      "test_file_success"
+      "test_stdin_success"
+      # fails on pypy2.7
+      "test_bytestring_passthru"
+    ]
+    # https://github.com/sqlalchemy/mako/issues/408
+    ++ lib.optional (stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false) "test_future_import";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Super-fast templating language";