diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell b/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
index 7776c7b141..f1cddeafbc 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ import re
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..', 'python'))
 from qemu import qmp
 
+if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
+    input = raw_input
+
 class QMPCompleter(list):
     def complete(self, text, state):
         for cmd in self:
@@ -308,7 +311,7 @@ class QMPShell(qmp.QEMUMonitorProtocol):
         @return True if execution was ok, return False if disconnected.
         """
         try:
-            cmdline = raw_input(prompt)
+            cmdline = input(prompt)
         except EOFError:
             print()
             return False