diff --git a/tests/test-manifest.py b/tests/test-manifest.py
--- a/tests/test-manifest.py
+++ b/tests/test-manifest.py
@@ -92,11 +92,15 @@ A_DEEPER_MANIFEST = (
 
 HUGE_MANIFEST_ENTRIES = 200001
 
+izip = getattr(itertools, 'izip', zip)
+if 'xrange' not in globals():
+    xrange = range
+
 A_HUGE_MANIFEST = ''.join(sorted(
     'file%d\0%s%s\n' % (i, h, f) for i, h, f in
-    itertools.izip(xrange(200001),
-                   itertools.cycle((HASH_1, HASH_2)),
-                   itertools.cycle(('', 'x', 'l')))))
+    izip(xrange(200001),
+         itertools.cycle((HASH_1, HASH_2)),
+         itertools.cycle(('', 'x', 'l')))))
 
 class basemanifesttests(object):
     def parsemanifest(self, text):