2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/io.py b/io.py
index 0bdd3f517..953418716 100644
--- a/io.py
+++ b/io.py
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ will exist for a variety of input/output mechanisms.
 __docformat__ = 'reStructuredText'
 
 import sys
-import locale
+try:
+    import locale
+except:
+    pass
 from types import UnicodeType
 from docutils import TransformSpec
 
diff --git a/readers/python/__init__.py b/readers/python/__init__.py
index 0da4ba938..1bd9b151c 100644
--- a/readers/python/__init__.py
+++ b/readers/python/__init__.py
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ class DocstringFormattingVisitor(nodes.SparseNodeVisitor):
         return self.default_parser
     
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    import locale
     try:
+        import locale
         locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
     except:
         pass