diff --git a/voltron/gdbproxy.py b/voltron/gdbproxy.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/voltron/gdbproxy.py
+++ b/voltron/gdbproxy.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import asyncore
 import logging
 import socket
 import struct
-import cPickle as pickle
+try:
+    import cPickle as pickle
+except ImportError:
+    import pickle
 
 from .comms import _sock, READ_MAX
 from .common import *
diff --git a/voltron/view.py b/voltron/view.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/voltron/view.py
+++ b/voltron/view.py
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 import sys
 import logging
-import cPickle as pickle
+try:
+    import cPickle as pickle
+except ImportError:
+    import pickle
 import curses
 import pprint
 import re
Cope with the absense of cPickle