diff --git a/confluent_client/confluent/tlvdata.py b/confluent_client/confluent/tlvdata.py
index e0d3d9f4..7fcb663b 100644
--- a/confluent_client/confluent/tlvdata.py
+++ b/confluent_client/confluent/tlvdata.py
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ import array
 import ctypes
 import ctypes.util
 import confluent.tlv as tlv
-import eventlet.green.socket as socket
-import eventlet.green.select as select
+try:
+    import eventlet.green.socket as socket
+    import eventlet.green.select as select
+except ImportError:
+    import socket
+    import select
 from datetime import datetime
 import json
 import os