diff --git a/benchmarks/test_bench.py b/benchmarks/test_bench.py
index b897d304..57281cf2 100644
--- a/benchmarks/test_bench.py
+++ b/benchmarks/test_bench.py
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 
 from .models import Group, Permission, User
 
+
+# Python 3 compatibility
+try:
+    xrange
+except NameError:
+    xrange = range
+
 DREST_VERSION = pkg_resources.require('dynamic-rest')[0].version
 DRF_VERSION = pkg_resources.require('djangorestframework')[0].version
 AVERAGE_TYPE = 'median'