diff --git a/sockjs/cyclone/proto.py b/sockjs/cyclone/proto.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/sockjs/cyclone/proto.py
+++ b/sockjs/cyclone/proto.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import simplejson
+try:
+    import simplejson
+except ImportError:
+    import json as simplejson
 
 json_encode = lambda data: simplejson.dumps(data, separators=(',', ':'))
 json_decode = lambda data: simplejson.loads(data)
Use the json module from stdlib (Python <I>+) as fallback