diff --git a/mpd.py b/mpd.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/mpd.py
+++ b/mpd.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ _commands = {
     "sendmessage":        "_fetch_nothing",
 }
 
-class MPDClient():
+class MPDClient(object):
     def __init__(self, use_unicode=False):
         self.iterate = False
         self.use_unicode = use_unicode
transform MPDClient to new style class.