diff --git a/scripts/qapi.py b/scripts/qapi.py
index 98d7123d27..514b7bb5a4 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi.py
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ import os
 import re
 import string
 import sys
-from ordereddict import OrderedDict
+try:
+    from collections import OrderedDict
+except:
+    from ordereddict import OrderedDict
 
 builtin_types = {
     'null':     'QTYPE_QNULL',