diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dacfb533e..6a5f1197c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ lxml>=3.4.0,<5
 markdown2>=2.3.8
 mock>=2.0.0
 mypy>=0.782,<0.790			# Version requirements determined by django-stubs.
-mysqlclient>=1.3.13
+mysqlclient>=1.3.13,!=2.0.2
 oic>=1.2
 pathlib>=1.0
 pathlib2>=2.3.0