diff --git a/src/sentry/conf/urls.py b/src/sentry/conf/urls.py
index aafaed066b74b6..4592b04cb37bda 100644
--- a/src/sentry/conf/urls.py
+++ b/src/sentry/conf/urls.py
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@
 import os
 
 from sentry.web.urls import urlpatterns as web_urlpatterns
-from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url, include
+try:
+    from django.conf.urls import include, patterns, url
+except ImportError:
+    # django < 1.5 compat
+    from django.conf.urls.defaults import include, patterns, url  # NOQA
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.views.defaults import page_not_found