diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_pelican.py b/pelican/tests/test_pelican.py
index c003c78f..93c240c2 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_pelican.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_pelican.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
 
-import collections
+try:
+    import collections.abc as collections
+except ImportError:
+    import collections
+
 import locale
 import logging
 import os