diff --git a/pandas/io/common.py b/pandas/io/common.py
index ac9077f2d..9303fe721 100644
--- a/pandas/io/common.py
+++ b/pandas/io/common.py
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 import os
 import csv
 import codecs
-import mmap
+try:
+    from mmap import mmap
+except ImportError:
+    mmap = type(None)
 from contextlib import contextmanager, closing
 import zipfile
 
@@ -210,7 +213,7 @@ def get_filepath_or_buffer(filepath_or_buffer, encoding=None,
 
     if isinstance(filepath_or_buffer, (compat.string_types,
                                        compat.binary_type,
-                                       mmap.mmap)):
+                                       mmap)):
         return _expand_user(filepath_or_buffer), None, compression, False
 
     if not is_file_like(filepath_or_buffer):
@@ -464,7 +467,7 @@ class MMapWrapper(BaseIterator):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, f):
-        self.mmap = mmap.mmap(f.fileno(), 0, access=mmap.ACCESS_READ)
+        self.mmap = mmap(f.fileno(), 0, access=mmap.ACCESS_READ)
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         return getattr(self.mmap, name)