1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/import-zips.py b/contrib/fast-import/import-zips.py
index 82f5ed3ddc..5cec9b0129 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/import-zips.py
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/import-zips.py
@@ -9,10 +9,15 @@
 ##  git log --stat import-zips
 
 from os import popen, path
-from sys import argv, exit
+from sys import argv, exit, hexversion, stderr
 from time import mktime
 from zipfile import ZipFile
 
+if hexversion < 0x01060000:
+        # The limiter is the zipfile module
+        sys.stderr.write("import-zips.py: requires Python 1.6.0 or later.\n")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
 if len(argv) < 2:
 	print 'Usage:', argv[0], '<zipfile>...'
 	exit(1)