diff --git a/jstemplate/loading.py b/jstemplate/loading.py
index 0ea95a7..403520d 100644
--- a/jstemplate/loading.py
+++ b/jstemplate/loading.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import six
-from importlib import import_module
+try:
+    from importlib import import_module
+except ImportError:
+    from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 
 from .conf import conf