diff --git a/src/http/client.py b/src/http/client.py
index 429cac4c..3102e2fd 100644
--- a/src/http/client.py
+++ b/src/http/client.py
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 assert sys.version_info[0] < 3
 
 from httplib import *
+from httplib import HTTPMessage