diff --git a/Lib/getopt.py b/Lib/getopt.py
index 9c59dd7..3d6ecbd 100644
--- a/Lib/getopt.py
+++ b/Lib/getopt.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 import os
 try:
     from gettext import gettext as _
-except ModuleNotFoundError:
+except ImportError:
     # Bootstrapping Python: gettext's dependencies not built yet
     def _(s): return s