diff --git a/setup_posix.py b/setup_posix.py
index cfcf33ca..e595d255 100644
--- a/setup_posix.py
+++ b/setup_posix.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import os, sys
-from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
+try:
+    # Python 2.x
+    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
+except ImportError:
+    # Python 3.x
+    from configparser import ConfigParser as SafeConfigParser
 
 # This dequote() business is required for some older versions
 # of mysql_config