diff --git a/buildtests/test5.py b/buildtests/test5.py
index 64a0660..35290c4 100644
--- a/buildtests/test5.py
+++ b/buildtests/test5.py
@@ -15,5 +15,8 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
 print "test5 - W ignore"
-import regex
+try:
+    import regex
+except ImportError:
+    import re
 print "test5 - done"