diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index 92ab502..99e813b 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     codecs = None
 
 try:
-    import thread
+    import _thread as thread
     import threading
 except ImportError:
     thread = None
diff --git a/Lib/logging/config.py b/Lib/logging/config.py
index 006d669..73f3ecc 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/config.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/config.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import sys, logging, logging.handlers, socket, struct, os, traceback
 
 try:
-    import thread
+    import _thread as thread
     import threading
 except ImportError:
     thread = None