diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/wcwidth/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/wcwidth/default.nix
index 023b92a869071..eccaadf66c54f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/wcwidth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/wcwidth/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
 { backports-functools-lru-cache
 , wcwidth
+, lib
 }:
 
 wcwidth.overridePythonAttrs(oldAttrs: {
   propagatedBuildInputs = oldAttrs.propagatedBuildInputs or [] ++ [
     backports-functools-lru-cache
   ];
-})
 
+  /**
+    As of version 0.2.13 upstream still supports python2. In the future, this
+    package should be dropped or pinned to the last working version after the
+    final release for python2. See:
+      https://github.com/jquast/wcwidth/pull/117#issuecomment-1946609638
+  */
+  disabled = false;
+
+  meta = oldAttrs.meta // {
+    /** maintainers overridden here for python2; this makes sure that python3
+        maintainers are not blamed for the breakage here. */
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bryango ];
+  };
+})