diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/known_hosts.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/known_hosts.py
index 64ad0c76c2..52b0bb74b0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/known_hosts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/known_hosts.py
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@
 
 import os
 import hmac
-import urlparse
+
+try:
+    import urlparse
+except ImportError:
+    import urllib.parse as urlparse
 
 try:
     from hashlib import sha1