2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5873a42..eb98332 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ python:
   - "2.6"
   - "2.7"
 script: "python setup.py test"
+install: "if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION = 2.6 ]]; then pip install unittest2 --use-mirrors; fi"
 notifications:
   email: false
   irc: "irc.freenode.org#xelnext"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b2fc16d..002cd44 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ class test(cmd.Command):
 
     def run(self):
         """Run the test suite."""
-        import unittest
+        try:
+            import unittest2 as unittest
+        except ImportError:
+            import unittest
+
         if self.verbose:
             verbosity=1
         else: