1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bin/newlist b/bin/newlist
index f922df684..2737dd6b5 100755
--- a/bin/newlist
+++ b/bin/newlist
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ Note that list-names are forced to lowercase.
 
 import sys, os, string
 import time
-import getpass
+try:
+    import getpass
+except ImportError:
+    # we must be in Python 1.5, which didn't have the getpass module
+    from Mailman.pythonlib import getpass
 import paths                                      # path hacking
 from Mailman import MailList
 from Mailman import Utils