diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index b0f5ec7588..c30532266c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -13746,10 +13746,15 @@ ignoring formatting changes.")
       "Make loops show a progress bar on the console by just wrapping any
 iterable with @code{|tqdm(iterable)|}.  Offers many options to define
 design and layout.")
-    (license (list license:mpl2.0 license:expat))))
+    (license (list license:mpl2.0 license:expat))
+    (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python2-tqdm))))))
 
 (define-public python2-tqdm
-  (package-with-python2 python-tqdm))
+  (let ((tqdm (package-with-python2
+                (strip-python2-variant python-tqdm))))
+    (package (inherit tqdm)
+      (native-inputs `(("python2-functools32" ,python2-functools32)
+                        ,@(package-native-inputs tqdm))))))
 
 (define-public python-pkginfo
   (package