diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cd77727c..9ab4d26c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from os import walk
 from os.path import join, relpath
+from io import open
 
 from setuptools import setup