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diff --git a/pym/portage/util.py b/pym/portage/util.py
index 1401febae..a85948962 100644
--- a/pym/portage/util.py
+++ b/pym/portage/util.py
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ import shlex
import stat
import string
import sys
-from io import StringIO
+try:
+ from io import StringIO
+except ImportError:
+ # Needed for python-2.6 with USE=build since
+ # io imports threading which imports thread
+ # which is unavailable.
+ from StringIO import StringIO
import portage
from portage import os