diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/tempauth.py b/swift/common/middleware/tempauth.py
index 4f756247b9..bf632e7a84 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/tempauth.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/tempauth.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+from __future__ import print_function
+
 from time import time
 from traceback import format_exc
 from urllib import unquote
@@ -484,7 +486,7 @@ class TempAuth(object):
                 req.headers['x-auth-token'] = req.headers['x-storage-token']
             return self.handle_request(req)(env, start_response)
         except (Exception, Timeout):
-            print "EXCEPTION IN handle: %s: %s" % (format_exc(), env)
+            print("EXCEPTION IN handle: %s: %s" % (format_exc(), env))
             self.logger.increment('errors')
             start_response('500 Server Error',
                            [('Content-Type', 'text/plain')])
diff --git a/swift/common/utils.py b/swift/common/utils.py
index f2393ead4a..7c9f7a93c7 100644
--- a/swift/common/utils.py
+++ b/swift/common/utils.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 """Miscellaneous utility functions for use with Swift."""
 
+from __future__ import print_function
+
 import errno
 import fcntl
 import grp
@@ -1347,9 +1349,11 @@ def get_logger(conf, name=None, log_to_console=False, log_route=None,
                 logger_hook(conf, name, log_to_console, log_route, fmt,
                             logger, adapted_logger)
             except (AttributeError, ImportError):
-                print >>sys.stderr, 'Error calling custom handler [%s]' % hook
+                print(
+                    'Error calling custom handler [%s]' % hook,
+                    file=sys.stderr)
             except ValueError:
-                print >>sys.stderr, 'Invalid custom handler format [%s]' % hook
+                print('Invalid custom handler format [%s]' % hook, sys.stderr)
 
     # Python 2.6 has the undesirable property of keeping references to all log
     # handlers around forever in logging._handlers and logging._handlerList.
@@ -1488,12 +1492,12 @@ def parse_options(parser=None, once=False, test_args=None):
 
     if not args:
         parser.print_usage()
-        print _("Error: missing config path argument")
+        print(_("Error: missing config path argument"))
         sys.exit(1)
     config = os.path.abspath(args.pop(0))
     if not os.path.exists(config):
         parser.print_usage()
-        print _("Error: unable to locate %s") % config
+        print(_("Error: unable to locate %s") % config)
         sys.exit(1)
 
     extra_args = []
@@ -1783,14 +1787,14 @@ def readconf(conf_path, section_name=None, log_name=None, defaults=None,
         else:
             success = c.read(conf_path)
         if not success:
-            print _("Unable to read config from %s") % conf_path
+            print(_("Unable to read config from %s") % conf_path)
             sys.exit(1)
     if section_name:
         if c.has_section(section_name):
             conf = dict(c.items(section_name))
         else:
-            print _("Unable to find %s config section in %s") % \
-                (section_name, conf_path)
+            print(_("Unable to find %s config section in %s") %
+                  (section_name, conf_path))
             sys.exit(1)
         if "log_name" not in conf:
             if log_name is not None:
diff --git a/swift/common/wsgi.py b/swift/common/wsgi.py
index 43cee2fc9e..35a00990e0 100644
--- a/swift/common/wsgi.py
+++ b/swift/common/wsgi.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 """WSGI tools for use with swift."""
 
+from __future__ import print_function
+
 import errno
 import inspect
 import os
@@ -415,7 +417,7 @@ def run_wsgi(conf_path, app_section, *args, **kwargs):
         (conf, logger, log_name) = \
             _initrp(conf_path, app_section, *args, **kwargs)
     except ConfigFileError as e:
-        print e
+        print(e)
         return 1
 
     # bind to address and port