diff --git a/github2/request.py b/github2/request.py
index f0ce242..90d4834 100644
--- a/github2/request.py
+++ b/github2/request.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import sys
 import httplib
 import simplejson
-from urlparse import urlparse, parse_qs, urlunparse
+from urlparse import urlparse, urlunparse
+try:
+    from urlparse import parse_qs
+except ImportError:
+    from cgi import parse_qs
 from urllib import urlencode
 
 GITHUB_URL = "http://github.com"