diff --git a/sleekxmpp/thirdparty/__init__.py b/sleekxmpp/thirdparty/__init__.py
index e69de29b..4e9d8474 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/thirdparty/__init__.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/thirdparty/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+try:
+    from ordereddict import OrderedDict
+except:
+    from sleekxmpp.thirdparty.ordereddict import OrderedDict