diff --git a/docker/unixconn.py b/docker/unixconn.py
index ff71ea6b..561230c5 100644
--- a/docker/unixconn.py
+++ b/docker/unixconn.py
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
 
 import httplib
 import requests.adapters
-import requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool
 import socket
 
-HTTPConnectionPool = requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool.HTTPConnectionPool
+try:
+    import requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool as connectionpool
+except ImportError:
+    import urllib3.connectionpool as connectionpool
 
 
 class UnixHTTPConnection(httplib.HTTPConnection, object):
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ class UnixHTTPConnection(httplib.HTTPConnection, object):
 
     def connect(self):
         sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-        sock.connect(self.base_url.replace("unix:/",""))
+        sock.connect(self.base_url.replace("unix:/", ""))
         self.sock = sock
 
     def _extract_path(self, url):
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ class UnixHTTPConnection(httplib.HTTPConnection, object):
         super(UnixHTTPConnection, self).request(method, url, **kwargs)
 
 
-class UnixHTTPConnectionPool(HTTPConnectionPool):
+class UnixHTTPConnectionPool(connectionpool.HTTPConnectionPool):
     def __init__(self, base_url, socket_path):
         self.socket_path = socket_path
         self.base_url = base_url