diff --git a/dj_database_url.py b/dj_database_url.py
index 9e29e94..7805aa0 100644
--- a/dj_database_url.py
+++ b/dj_database_url.py
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import os
-import urlparse
+
+try:
+    import urlparse
+except ImportError:
+    import urllib.parse as urlparse
+
+
 
 # Register database schemes in URLs.
 urlparse.uses_netloc.append('postgres')