diff --git a/makehelper.py b/makehelper.py
index 9952d74..0789629 100644
--- a/makehelper.py
+++ b/makehelper.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ PY_INCDIRS := /path ...
 PY_LIBDIRS := /path ...
 """
 
+from __future__ import print_function
+
 import sys
 
 if len(sys.argv)<2:
@@ -34,11 +36,11 @@ except ImportError:
 incdirs = [get_python_inc()]+get_numpy_include_dirs()
 libdirs = [get_config_var('LIBDIR')]
 
-print >>out,'PY_VER :=',get_config_var('VERSION')
-print >>out,'PY_INCDIRS :=',' '.join(incdirs)
-print >>out,'PY_LIBDIRS :=',' '.join(libdirs)
-print >>out,'HAVE_NUMPY :=',have_np
+print('PY_VER :=',get_config_var('VERSION'), file=out)
+print('PY_INCDIRS :=',' '.join(incdirs), file=out)
+print('PY_LIBDIRS :=',' '.join(libdirs), file=out)
+print('HAVE_NUMPY :=',have_np, file=out)
 
-print >>out,'PY_OK := YES'
+print('PY_OK := YES', file=out)
 
 out.close()
diff --git a/python/devsup/hooks.py b/python/devsup/hooks.py
index 8178e6f..0cf3a5d 100644
--- a/python/devsup/hooks.py
+++ b/python/devsup/hooks.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
+
 try:
     import _dbapi
 except ImportError:
@@ -40,5 +42,5 @@ def debugHooks():
     """
     for h in hooknames:
         def _showstate(state=h):
-            print 'Reached state',state
+            print('Reached state',state)
         addHook(h, _showstate)
diff --git a/python/devsup/util.py b/python/devsup/util.py
index 7030d28..4982d54 100644
--- a/python/devsup/util.py
+++ b/python/devsup/util.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 
+from __future__ import print_function
 import threading, traceback
 
 class StoppableThread(threading.Thread):
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ class Worker(threading.Thread):
                 try:
                     F(*A,**K)
                 except:
-                    print 'Error running',F,A,K
+                    print('Error running',F,A,K)
                     traceback.print_exc()
                 finally:
                     self._update.acquire()