diff --git a/socketio/packet.py b/socketio/packet.py
index c047611..2ad8de4 100644
--- a/socketio/packet.py
+++ b/socketio/packet.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import functools
 import json as _json
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
+except ImportError:
+    from urllib2.urlparse import urlparse
 
 import six