diff --git a/library/packaging/apt b/library/packaging/apt
index f2c8d9ce4e..f143c8f7b7 100644
--- a/library/packaging/apt
+++ b/library/packaging/apt
@@ -384,7 +384,10 @@ def main():
     try:
         cache = apt.Cache()
         if p['default_release']:
-            apt_pkg.config['APT::Default-Release'] = p['default_release']
+            try:
+                apt_pkg.config['APT::Default-Release'] = p['default_release']
+            except AttributeError:
+                apt_pkg.Config['APT::Default-Release'] = p['default_release']
             # reopen cache w/ modified config
             cache.open(progress=None)
 
diff --git a/library/packaging/apt_repository b/library/packaging/apt_repository
index fc47be7915..4587d90ba7 100644
--- a/library/packaging/apt_repository
+++ b/library/packaging/apt_repository
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ apt_repository: repo='ppa:nginx/stable'
 '''
 
 import glob
-import json
+try:
+  import json
+except ImportError:
+  import simplejson as json
 import os
 import re
 import tempfile
@@ -110,14 +113,14 @@ class InvalidSource(Exception):
 class SourcesList(object):
     def __init__(self):
         self.files = {}  # group sources by file
-        self.default_file = apt_pkg.config.find_file('Dir::Etc::sourcelist')
+        self.default_file = self._apt_cfg_file('Dir::Etc::sourcelist')
 
         # read sources.list if it exists
         if os.path.isfile(self.default_file):
             self.load(self.default_file)
 
         # read sources.list.d
-        for file in glob.iglob('%s/*.list' % apt_pkg.config.find_dir('Dir::Etc::sourceparts')):
+        for file in glob.iglob('%s/*.list' % self._apt_cfg_dir('Dir::Etc::sourceparts')):
             self.load(file)
 
     def __iter__(self):
@@ -132,7 +135,7 @@ class SourcesList(object):
         if '/' in filename:
             return filename
         else:
-            return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(apt_pkg.config.find_dir('Dir::Etc::sourceparts'), filename))
+            return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(self._apt_cfg_dir('Dir::Etc::sourceparts'), filename))
 
     def _suggest_filename(self, line):
         def _cleanup_filename(s):
@@ -176,6 +179,28 @@ class SourcesList(object):
 
         return valid, enabled, source, comment
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _apt_cfg_file(filespec):
+        '''
+        Wrapper for `apt_pkg` module for running with Python 2.5
+        '''
+        try:
+            result = apt_pkg.config.find_file(filespec)
+        except AttributeError:
+            result = apt_pkg.Config.FindFile(filespec)
+        return result
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _apt_cfg_dir(dirspec):
+        '''
+        Wrapper for `apt_pkg` module for running with Python 2.5
+        '''
+        try:
+            result = apt_pkg.config.find_dir(dirspec)
+        except AttributeError:
+            result = apt_pkg.Config.FindDir(dirspec)
+        return result
+
     def load(self, file):
         group = []
         f = open(file, 'r')