diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-websupport/1_1.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-websupport/1_1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b1bdf6a0dff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-websupport/1_1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sphinxcontrib-websupport";
+  version = "1.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1501befb0fdf1d1c29a800fdbf4ef5dc5369377300ddbdd16d2cd40e54c6eefc";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Sphinx API for Web Apps";
+    homepage = "http://sphinx-doc.org/";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 31cfe3cd60a8..3612ff772a97 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5862,7 +5862,10 @@ in {
 
   sphinx-argparse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinx-argparse { };
 
-  sphinxcontrib-websupport = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-websupport { };
+  sphinxcontrib-websupport = if isPy3k then
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-websupport { }
+  else
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-websupport/1_1.nix { };
 
   hieroglyph = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hieroglyph { };