diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index bd0e0c4..c23d834 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Patches and Suggestions
 - Marc Abramowitz
 - Alex Gaynor
 - James Douglass
+- Tommy Anthony
diff --git a/tablib/compat.py b/tablib/compat.py
index d4582d5..e03526d 100644
--- a/tablib/compat.py
+++ b/tablib/compat.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ if is_py3:
     unicode = str
     bytes = bytes
     basestring = str
+    xrange = range
 
 else:
     from cStringIO import StringIO as BytesIO
@@ -53,3 +54,4 @@ else:
     import tablib.packages.dbfpy as dbfpy
 
     unicode = unicode
+    xrange = xrange
diff --git a/tablib/formats/_xls.py b/tablib/formats/_xls.py
index 67b87ea..787907a 100644
--- a/tablib/formats/_xls.py
+++ b/tablib/formats/_xls.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-from tablib.compat import BytesIO, xlwt, xlrd, XLRDError
+from tablib.compat import BytesIO, xlwt, xlrd, XLRDError, xrange
 import tablib
 
 title = 'xls'