diff --git a/tests/smbserver.py b/tests/smbserver.py
index 474e0612b..4fcd34f2b 100755
--- a/tests/smbserver.py
+++ b/tests/smbserver.py
@@ -24,11 +24,14 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 # unicode_literals)
 import argparse
-import ConfigParser
 import os
 import sys
 import logging
 import tempfile
+try: # Python 3
+    import configparser
+except ImportError: # Python 2
+    import ConfigParser as configparser
 
 # Import our curl test data helper
 import curl_test_data
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ def smbserver(options):
             f.write("{0}".format(pid))
 
     # Here we write a mini config for the server
-    smb_config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+    smb_config = configparser.ConfigParser()
     smb_config.add_section("global")
     smb_config.set("global", "server_name", "SERVICE")
     smb_config.set("global", "server_os", "UNIX")