diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
index d601ea40a..f1ef838b1 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ import os,FreeCAD,FreeCADGui,tempfile,time,zipfile,urllib,re,sys
 from PySide import QtGui
 from xml.etree.ElementTree import parse
 
+try:
+    import io as cStringIO
+except:
+    import cStringIO
+
 try:
     import io as cStringIO
 except: