diff --git a/_compatibility.py b/_compatibility.py
index a5212177..23af7262 100644
--- a/_compatibility.py
+++ b/_compatibility.py
@@ -77,3 +77,14 @@ try:
     from cStringIO import StringIO as BytesIO
 except ImportError:
     from io import BytesIO
+
+# hasattr function used because python 
+if sys.hexversion >= 0x03000000:
+    hasattr = hasattr
+else:
+    def hasattr(obj, name):
+        try:
+            getattr(obj, name)
+            return True
+        except AttributeError:
+            return False
diff --git a/evaluate.py b/evaluate.py
index d9802e01..eba13858 100644
--- a/evaluate.py
+++ b/evaluate.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ TODO descriptors (also for classes, for instances it should work)
 TODO @staticmethod @classmethod (implement descriptors, builtins are done)
 TODO variable assignments in classes (see test/completion/classes @230) +1
 """
-from _compatibility import next, property
+from _compatibility import next, property, hasattr
 import sys
 
 import itertools