diff --git a/SPARQLWrapper/Wrapper.py b/SPARQLWrapper/Wrapper.py
index 82f71d3..fde2fa5 100644
--- a/SPARQLWrapper/Wrapper.py
+++ b/SPARQLWrapper/Wrapper.py
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ def setUseKeepAlive(self):
         @raise ImportError: when could not be imported urlgrabber.keepalive.HTTPHandler
         """
         try:
-            from urlgrabber.keepalive import HTTPHandler
+            from keepalive import HTTPHandler
             keepalive_handler = HTTPHandler()
             opener = urllib2.build_opener(keepalive_handler)
             urllib2.install_opener(opener)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 192f6f3..582ed44 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 rdflib >= 4.0
 rdflib_jsonld
-pycurl >= 7.19.5.1
+keepalive >= 0.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 17f50df..c10b26e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 _requires.append('rdflib')
 _install_requires.append('rdflib >= 4.0')
 
-# 7.19.5.1
-_requires.append('pycurl')
-_install_requires.append('pycurl >= 7.19.5.1')
+# keepalive
+_requires.append('keepalive')
+_install_requires.append('keepalive >= 0.1')
 
 # simplejson
 if sys.version_info[0:2] < (2, 6):