diff --git a/tablib/formats/_json.py b/tablib/formats/_json.py
index f7c88ee..fbc3758 100644
--- a/tablib/formats/_json.py
+++ b/tablib/formats/_json.py
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 """ Tablib - JSON Support
 """
 
-import simplejson as json
+try:
+  import json
+except ImportError:
+  import simplejson as json
+
 import tablib.core
 
 title = 'json'