diff --git a/gear/cmd/geard.py b/gear/cmd/geard.py
index e270b39..762d956 100644
--- a/gear/cmd/geard.py
+++ b/gear/cmd/geard.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # under the License.
 
 import argparse
-import ConfigParser
 import daemon
 import extras
 import gear
@@ -24,6 +23,9 @@ import pbr.version
 import signal
 import sys
 
+from six.moves import configparser as ConfigParser
+
+
 pid_file_module = extras.try_imports(['daemon.pidlockfile', 'daemon.pidfile'])
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index afeea28..1e6a9e1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
+six>=1.5.2
 extras
 python-daemon>=2.0.4