diff --git a/tools/patman/settings.py b/tools/patman/settings.py
index 01f6c38c19f..3caf3793582 100644
--- a/tools/patman/settings.py
+++ b/tools/patman/settings.py
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-import ConfigParser
+try:
+    import configparser as ConfigParser
+except:
+    import ConfigParser
+
 import os
 import re