diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d14f27b..40bffcc 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 import os
 import re
+from io import open  # for python 2 compat (missing 'encoding' kw)
 
 from setuptools import setup