diff --git a/EDMarketConnector.py b/EDMarketConnector.py
index 9453d6c3..1537e29b 100755
--- a/EDMarketConnector.py
+++ b/EDMarketConnector.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from os.path import dirname, expanduser, isdir, join
 import re
 import requests
 from time import gmtime, time, localtime, strftime, strptime
+import _strptime	# Workaround for http://bugs.python.org/issue7980
 from calendar import timegm
 import webbrowser