diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/streamz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/streamz/default.nix
index 420ee7b24722..d34a826a0604 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/streamz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/streamz/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 , toolz
 , tornado
 , zict
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     requests
   ];
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
   # Disable test_tcp_async because fails on sandbox build
   # disable kafka tests
   checkPhase = ''