diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/linkedin.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/linkedin.py
index 690efc15c..e6b51a73b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/linkedin.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/linkedin.py
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
-from itertools import zip_longest
+
+try:
+    from itertools import zip_longest
+except ImportError:
+    from itertools import izip_longest as zip_longest
+
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (