diff --git a/oml/tor_request.py b/oml/tor_request.py
index a9ae455..c9aa609 100644
--- a/oml/tor_request.py
+++ b/oml/tor_request.py
@@ -67,11 +67,15 @@ class TorHTTPSConnection(http.client.HTTPSConnection):
     def __init__(self, host, port=None, service_id=None, check_hostname=None, context=None, **kwargs):
         self._service_id = service_id
         if self._service_id:
-            context = ssl._create_default_https_context()
-            context.check_hostname = False
-            context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
-            context.load_cert_chain(settings.ssl_cert_path, settings.ssl_key_path)
-            context.load_default_certs()
+            if hasattr(ssl, '_create_default_https_context'):
+                context = ssl._create_default_https_context()
+            elif hasattr(ssl, '_create_stdlib_context'):
+                context = ssl._create_stdlib_context()
+            if context:
+                context.check_hostname = False
+                context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+                context.load_cert_chain(settings.ssl_cert_path, settings.ssl_key_path)
+                context.load_default_certs()
         http.client.HTTPSConnection.__init__(self, host, port,
             check_hostname=check_hostname, context=context, **kwargs)