diff --git a/doc2text/__init__.py b/doc2text/__init__.py
index 465ed7c..005af72 100644
--- a/doc2text/__init__.py
+++ b/doc2text/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import os
 import mimetypes
+import sys
 
 import PyPDF2 as pyPdf
 import PythonMagick
@@ -10,6 +11,11 @@
 from .page import Page
 
 
+# Python 3 compartibility
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
+    def xrange(*args, **kwargs):
+        return iter(range(*args, **kwargs))
+      
 acceptable_mime = ["image/bmp", "image/png", "image/tiff", "image/jpeg",
                    "image/jpg", "video/JPEG", "video/jpeg2000"]