diff --git a/jet/dashboard/models.py b/jet/dashboard/models.py
index cf43c30c..d6a6c435 100644
--- a/jet/dashboard/models.py
+++ b/jet/dashboard/models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from importlib import import_module
 import json
 from django.db import models
-from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
+from six import python_2_unicode_compatible
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from jet.utils import LazyDateTimeEncoder
 
diff --git a/jet/models.py b/jet/models.py
index 8fe97564..254e892e 100644
--- a/jet/models.py
+++ b/jet/models.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils import timezone
-from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
+from six import python_2_unicode_compatible
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 
diff --git a/jet/tests/models.py b/jet/tests/models.py
index 6af5272a..5e9ef0e6 100644
--- a/jet/tests/models.py
+++ b/jet/tests/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.db import models
-from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
+from six import python_2_unicode_compatible
 
 
 @python_2_unicode_compatible
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1cf51df6..f53c1e20 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def read(fname):
 
 
 def get_install_requires():
-    install_requires = ['Django']
+    install_requires = ['Django', 'six']
 
     try:
         import importlib