diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6fe7fed..a6b559d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 language: python
 python:
+  - "2.6"
   - "2.7"
+  - "3.3"
 env:
   - DJANGO=1.5
   - DJANGO=1.6
 install:
   - pip install -r dev_requirements.txt --use-mirrors
+  - python setup.py install
   - pip install -q Django==$DJANGO --use-mirrors
 script:
   - coverage run --source=djqscsv test_app/manage.py test djqscsv_tests
diff --git a/djqscsv/djqscsv.py b/djqscsv/djqscsv.py
index ae6ada7..7c4563f 100644
--- a/djqscsv/djqscsv.py
+++ b/djqscsv/djqscsv.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 from django.db.models.query import ValuesQuerySet
 
+import six
+
 """ A simple python package for turning django models into csvs """
 
 
@@ -78,7 +80,10 @@ def write_csv(queryset, file_obj, field_header_map=None,
 
     # merge the custom field headers into the verbose/raw defaults, if provided
     _field_header_map = field_header_map or {}
-    merged_header_map = dict(name_map.items() + _field_header_map.items())
+    merged_header_map = dict(list(name_map.items()) + list(_field_header_map.items()))
+    # try this later
+    # merged_header_map = name_map.copy()
+    # merged_header_map.update(_field_header_map)
 
     writer = csv.DictWriter(file_obj, field_names)
     writer.writerow(merged_header_map)
@@ -126,7 +131,7 @@ def _sanitize_value(value):
             return localize(value)
 
     obj = {}
-    for key, val in record.iteritems():
+    for key, val in six.iteritems(record):
         if val:
             obj[_sanitize_value(key)] = _sanitize_value(val)
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f61efdb..3e1a4cc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 django>=1.5
+six==1.5.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 46bc776..ae90c6e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@
         "Framework :: Django",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)"
     ],
-    install_requires=['django>=1.5'],
+    install_requires=['django>=1.5',
+                      'six==1.5'],
 )
diff --git a/test_app/djqscsv_tests/tests.py b/test_app/djqscsv_tests/tests.py
index 51f2aa0..c67c0a0 100644
--- a/test_app/djqscsv_tests/tests.py
+++ b/test_app/djqscsv_tests/tests.py
@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@
 
 import csv
 
-from StringIO import StringIO
+from .context import djqscsv
 
-from context import djqscsv
+from .models import Person
 
-from models import Person
+import six
+
+if six.PY3:
+    from functools import filter
+    from io import StringIO
+else:
+    from StringIO import StringIO
 
 
 class ValidateCleanFilenameTests(TestCase):