diff --git a/redis_ds/redis_dict.py b/redis_ds/redis_dict.py
index cc82922..a0782fb 100644
--- a/redis_ds/redis_dict.py
+++ b/redis_ds/redis_dict.py
@@ -6,12 +6,19 @@
 not a Redis hashmap. If you prefer an interface to a hashmap, the
 ``redis_hash_dict`` file does just that.
 """
-import UserDict
+try:
+    import UserDict
+    _DictMixin = UserDict.DictMixin
+except ImportError:
+    from collections import UserDict
+    from collections import MutableMapping as DictMixin
+    _DictMixin = DictMixin
+
 import redis_ds.redis_config as redis_config
 from redis_ds.serialization import PassThroughSerializer, PickleSerializer, JSONSerializer
 
 
-class RedisDict(UserDict.DictMixin, PassThroughSerializer):
+class RedisDict(_DictMixin, PassThroughSerializer):
     "Dictionary interface to Redis database."
     def __init__(self, redis_client=redis_config.CLIENT):
         """
@@ -51,6 +58,10 @@ def get(self, key, default=None):
         "Retrieve a key's value from the database falling back to a default."
         return self.__getitem__(key) or default
 
+    def __iter__(self):
+        "Return iterator over dictionary keys"
+        return iter(self.keys())
+
 
 class PickleRedisDict(RedisDict, PickleSerializer):
     "Serialize redis dictionary values via pickle."
diff --git a/redis_ds/redis_hash_dict.py b/redis_ds/redis_hash_dict.py
index 6a74f4d..257da25 100644
--- a/redis_ds/redis_hash_dict.py
+++ b/redis_ds/redis_hash_dict.py
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@
 """
 import redis_ds.redis_config as redis_config
 from redis_ds.serialization import PassThroughSerializer, PickleSerializer, JSONSerializer
-import UserDict
-
-
-class RedisHashDict(UserDict.DictMixin, PassThroughSerializer):
+try:
+    import UserDict
+    _DictMixin = UserDict.DictMixin
+except ImportError:
+    from collections import UserDict
+    from collections import MutableMapping as DictMixin
+    _DictMixin = DictMixin
+
+class RedisHashDict(_DictMixin, PassThroughSerializer):
     "A dictionary interface to Redis hashmaps."
     def __init__(self, hash_key, redis_client=redis_config.CLIENT):
         "Initialize the redis hashmap dictionary interface."
@@ -43,6 +48,10 @@ def get(self, key, default=None):
         "Retrieve a key's value or a default value if the key does not exist."
         return self.__getitem__(key) or default
 
+    def __iter__(self):
+        "Return iterator over dictionary keys"
+        return iter(self.keys())
+
 
 class PickleRedisHashDict(RedisHashDict, PickleSerializer):
     "Serialize hashmap values using pickle."
diff --git a/redis_ds/serialization.py b/redis_ds/serialization.py
index 76d333e..68a5a1f 100644
--- a/redis_ds/serialization.py
+++ b/redis_ds/serialization.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 "Mixins for serializing objects."
 import json
-import cPickle as pickle
-
+try:
+    import cPickle as pickle
+except ImportError:
+    import _pickle as pickle
 
 class PassThroughSerializer(object):
     "Don't serialize."