diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 04b9aa4..938b2f3 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ setup(name="django-cmsplugin-blurp",
       maintainer_email="bdauvergne@entrouvert.com",
       packages=find_packages('src'),
       install_requires=[
-          'django>=1.7,<1.8',
+          'django>=1.8',
           'django-classy-tags',
       ],
       package_dir={
diff --git a/src/cmsplugin_blurp/utils.py b/src/cmsplugin_blurp/utils.py
index d7ebe4e..83fc545 100644
--- a/src/cmsplugin_blurp/utils.py
+++ b/src/cmsplugin_blurp/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-from django.utils.importlib import import_module
+try:
+    from importlib import import_module
+except ImportError:
+    from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from . import app_settings