diff --git a/mopidy/backends/dummy.py b/mopidy/backends/dummy.py
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+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+# Make classes previously residing here available in the old location for
+# backwards compatibility with extensions targeting Mopidy < 0.18.
+from mopidy.backend.dummy import *  # noqa