diff --git a/command b/command
index 53a8d6ffff1..c11cfebd250 100755
--- a/command
+++ b/command
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
-import json
+try:
+	import json
+except ImportError:
+	import simplejson as json
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import datetime
diff --git a/ping b/ping
index fe0b3948255..e40be68a2fe 100644
--- a/ping
+++ b/ping
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
-import json
+try:
+	import json
+except ImportError:
+	import simplejson as json
 
 print json.dumps(1)