diff --git a/test_requests.py b/test_requests.py
index f2aded24..c3f3395d 100755
--- a/test_requests.py
+++ b/test_requests.py
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ from __future__ import with_statement
 import unittest
 import cookielib
 
-import omnijson as json
+try:
+    import omnijson as json
+except ImportError:
+    import simplejson as json
 
 import requests