1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/error.py b/error.py
index 2b76904..e6e7585 100644
--- a/error.py
+++ b/error.py
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 __all__ = ['Mark', 'YAMLError', 'MarkedYAMLError']
 
-from .compat import utf8
+try:
+    from .compat import utf8
+except (ImportError, ValueError):  # for Jython
+    from ruamel.yaml.compat import utf8
+
 
 
 class Mark(object):