diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rawdog/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rawdog/default.nix
index 9fdee56b99b4..9435d995c351 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rawdog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rawdog/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python2Packages; [ feedparser ];
 
+  # Requested by @SuperSandro20001
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "feedparser" ];
+  doCheck = false;
+
   namePrefix = "";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/feedparser/5.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/feedparser/5.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..31fc61053b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/feedparser/5.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "feedparser";
+  version = "5.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1ycva69bqssalhqg45rbrfipz3l6hmycszy26k0351fhq990c0xx";
+  };
+
+  # lots of networking failures
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kurtmckee/feedparser";
+    description = "Universal feed parser";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2ff6441631c9..ef2ff2edf686 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2070,7 +2070,10 @@ in {
 
   feedgenerator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/feedgenerator { inherit (pkgs) glibcLocales; };
 
-  feedparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/feedparser { };
+  feedparser = if isPy3k then
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/feedparser { }
+  else
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/feedparser/5.nix { };
 
   fenics = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/fenics {
     inherit (pkgs) pkg-config;