diff --git a/rdopkg/actionmods/rdoinfo.py b/rdopkg/actionmods/rdoinfo.py
index 1aa7b3b6..bfd971fb 100644
--- a/rdopkg/actionmods/rdoinfo.py
+++ b/rdopkg/actionmods/rdoinfo.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
+from past.builtins import basestring
 import collections
 import imp
 import re
diff --git a/rdopkg/helpers.py b/rdopkg/helpers.py
index 1f997073..052b9ebc 100644
--- a/rdopkg/helpers.py
+++ b/rdopkg/helpers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
+from past.builtins import basestring
 import collections
 import contextlib
 import os