diff --git a/pygtrie.py b/pygtrie.py
index 0c41e05..1a357b0 100644
--- a/pygtrie.py
+++ b/pygtrie.py
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2014 Google Inc.'
 
 
-import collections as _collections
+try:
+    import collections.abc as _collections
+except ImportError:
+    import collections as _collections
 
 # Python 2.x and 3.x compatibility stuff
 if hasattr(dict, 'iteritems'):