diff --git a/easy_pdf/compat.py b/easy_pdf/compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a3e176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easy_pdf/compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# coding=utf-8
+
+import sys
+
+__all__ = ['BytesIO']
+
+PY2 = sys.version_info[0] == 2
+
+if PY2:
+    import StringIO
+    BytesIO = StringIO.StringIO
+else:
+    import io
+    BytesIO = io.BytesIO
diff --git a/easy_pdf/rendering.py b/easy_pdf/rendering.py
index 53aa3f0..0d4340c 100644
--- a/easy_pdf/rendering.py
+++ b/easy_pdf/rendering.py
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 from django.template import loader
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.utils.http import urlquote
-from django.utils.six import BytesIO
 
 import xhtml2pdf.default
 from xhtml2pdf import pisa
 
+from .compat import BytesIO
 from .exceptions import UnsupportedMediaPathException, PDFRenderingError
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("app.pdf")