diff --git a/glanceclient/common/https.py b/glanceclient/common/https.py
index ac140e48..e62ea6e2 100644
--- a/glanceclient/common/https.py
+++ b/glanceclient/common/https.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ except ImportError:
 
 from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 import six
+# NOTE(jokke): simplified transition to py3, behaves like py2 xrange
+from six.moves import range
 
 from glanceclient.common import utils
 
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index a8677c4b..564d7f66 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 import sys
 
 import six
+# NOTE(jokke): simplified transition to py3, behaves like py2 xrange
+from six.moves import range
 import testtools
 
 from glanceclient.common import utils