diff --git a/keystone/templates/bin/_cred-clean.py.tpl b/keystone/templates/bin/_cred-clean.py.tpl
index 2361144fc7..9d1306a07e 100644
--- a/keystone/templates/bin/_cred-clean.py.tpl
+++ b/keystone/templates/bin/_cred-clean.py.tpl
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import os
 import sys
-import ConfigParser
+try:
+    import ConfigParser
+except ImportError:
+    import configparser as ConfigParser
 import logging
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine