diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 29079023..a29e4b11 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 =====
 :release-date: 2011-04-05 15:51 P.M CEST
 
-* 1.1.0 broke Python 2.4 and 2.5 compatibility by using
-  LifoQueue.
+* 1.1.0 started using ``Queue.LifoQueue`` which is only available
+  in Python 2.6+ (Issue #33).  We now ship with our own LifoQueue.
+
 
 .. _version-1.1.0:
 
diff --git a/kombu/utils/compat.py b/kombu/utils/compat.py
index e9251b15..f685dc51 100644
--- a/kombu/utils/compat.py
+++ b/kombu/utils/compat.py
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ class LifoQueue(Queue):
 
     def _init(self, maxsize):
         self.queue = []
+        self.maxsize = maxsize
 
     def _qsize(self, len=len):
         return len(self.queue)