diff --git a/markupsafe/__init__.py b/markupsafe/__init__.py
index 0acf7355..0bd6fd23 100644
--- a/markupsafe/__init__.py
+++ b/markupsafe/__init__.py
@@ -9,13 +9,11 @@
 :copyright: © 2010 by the Pallets team.
 :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
-from collections import Mapping
-
 import re
 import string
 
 from markupsafe._compat import (
-    PY2, int_types, iteritems, string_types, text_type, unichr
+    PY2, int_types, iteritems, string_types, text_type, unichr, Mapping
 )
 
 __version__ = '1.1'
diff --git a/markupsafe/_compat.py b/markupsafe/_compat.py
index 7435faf5..4d2e2cd5 100644
--- a/markupsafe/_compat.py
+++ b/markupsafe/_compat.py
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@
     unichr = chr
     int_types = (int,)
     iteritems = lambda x: iter(x.items())
+    from collections.abc import Mapping
 else:
     text_type = unicode
     string_types = (str, unicode)
     unichr = unichr
     int_types = (int, long)
     iteritems = lambda x: x.iteritems()
+    from collections import Mapping