diff --git a/hp-labrea/labrea-idea.py b/hp-labrea/labrea-idea.py
index 85e3db60bc54877ef8046ec2a2ab2c96c5197f69..2f3b170b29e661460e0ffea10ef8f3b8e7afcdd7 100755
--- a/hp-labrea/labrea-idea.py
+++ b/hp-labrea/labrea-idea.py
@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@ import atexit
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
 import os.path as pth
-from itertools import izip
 from collections import namedtuple
+
+try:
+	from itertools import izip
+except ImportError:
+	izip = zip
+
 try:
     from collections import OrderedDict
 except ImportError: