diff --git a/kombu/transport/sqlalchemy/models.py b/kombu/transport/sqlalchemy/models.py
index eefa529b..6ffa2e3e 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/sqlalchemy/models.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/sqlalchemy/models.py
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ import datetime
 
 from sqlalchemy import (Column, Integer, String, Text, DateTime,
                         Sequence, Boolean, ForeignKey, SmallInteger, Index)
-from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base, declared_attr
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relation
 from sqlalchemy.schema import MetaData
 
+try:
+    from sqlalchemy.orm import declarative_base, declared_attr
+except ImportError:
+    # TODO: Remove this once we drop support for SQLAlchemy < 1.4.
+    from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base, declared_attr
+
 class_registry = {}
 metadata = MetaData()
 ModelBase = declarative_base(metadata=metadata, class_registry=class_registry)