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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/compat.py5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/compat.py b/youtube_dl/compat.py
index 06e5f3ff6..fabac9fd2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/compat.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/compat.py
@@ -482,6 +482,11 @@ if sys.version_info < (3, 0) and sys.platform == 'win32':
 else:
     compat_getpass = getpass.getpass
 
+try:
+    compat_input = raw_input
+except NameError:  # Python 3
+    compat_input = input
+
 # Python < 2.6.5 require kwargs to be bytes
 try:
     def _testfunc(x):