diff --git a/github/github.py b/github/github.py
index 0163702..86092d8 100644
--- a/github/github.py
+++ b/github/github.py
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
 import xml
 import xml.dom.minidom
 
-import json
+try: import simplejson as json
+except ImportError: import json
 
 import hclient