diff --git a/src/colony/base/legacy.py b/src/colony/base/legacy.py
index 12e24934..6c671b40 100644
--- a/src/colony/base/legacy.py
+++ b/src/colony/base/legacy.py
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
 try: import HTMLParser
 except ImportError: import html.parser; HTMLParser = html.parser
 
+try: import cPickle
+except ImportError: import pickle; cPickle = pickle
+
 try: import cStringIO
 except ImportError: import io; cStringIO = io