diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/errbot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/errbot/default.nix
index 5b8140bfa51c..fafe617308a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/errbot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/errbot/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pythonPackages }:
 
-pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   name = "errbot-${version}";
   version = "4.2.2";