diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index c23f2b5875..892199fc0f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -14124,10 +14124,16 @@ introspection.")
 @item Inter-process locks
 @item Generic helpers
 @end itemize\n")
+    (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python2-fasteners))))
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
 (define-public python2-fasteners
-  (package-with-python2 python-fasteners))
+  (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-fasteners))))
+    (package
+      (inherit base)
+      (propagated-inputs
+       `(("python2-futures" ,python2-futures)
+         ,@(package-propagated-inputs base))))))
 
 (define-public python-requests-file
   (package